Originally produced for television, 1985-1986

This series traces the major advances in knowledge in Western civilization since the Greeks, and demonstrates how our view of the world changes as our knowledge develops

Photography, Brian Hall ... [et al.] ; editor, Roy Sharman ... [et al.] ; theme music, Carl Davis

Host, James Burke

DVD

v.1.

Way we are : it started with the Greeks

(55 min.) ;

In the light of the above : Medieval conflict : faith and reason

(55 min.) --

v.2.

Point of view : scientific imagination in the Renaissance

(55 min.) ;

A matter of fact : printing transforms knowledge

(55 min.) --

v.3.

Infinitely reasonable : science revises the heavens

(55 min.) ;

Credit where it's due : factory and marketplace revolution

(55 min.) --

v.4.

What the doctor ordered : social impacts of new medical knowledge

(55 min.) ;

Fit to rule : Darwin's revolution

(55 min.) --

v.5.

Making waves : new physics : Newton revised

(55 min.) ;

Worlds without end : changing knowledge, changing reality

(55 min.)