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''The Day the Universe Changed: A Personal View by James Burke'' is a British documentary television series written and presented by science historian James Burke, originally broadcast in 1985 by the BBC. The series' primary focus is on the effect of advances in science and technology on western society in its philosophical aspects. The title comes from the philosophical idea that the universe essentially only exists as one perceives it through what one knows; therefore, if one changes one's perception of the universe with new knowledge, one has essentially changed the universe itself. To illustrate this concept, James Burke tells the various stories of important scientific discoveries and technological advances and how they fundamentally altered how western civilization perceives the world. The series runs in roughly chronological order, from around the beginning of the Middle Ages to the present. In the United States, the ten-week hour-long series was broadcast from 13 October to 15 December 1986, on PBS and was rebroadcast on The Learning Channel in 1993.〔Unger, Alfred, "PBS Presents Eight New Series, Many Specials"; ''The Christian Science Monitor'', 16 October 1986〕 A 1985 companion book of the same title, also written by Burke, presenting the same general premise of the television series in expanded detail. Burke read from the book for an abridged audiocassette and compact disc set available from Macmillan Audio.〔''(The Day the Universe Changed )'' at Macmillan Audio〕 ==Episodes== # "The Way We Are: It Started with the Greeks" # "In the Light of the Above: Medieval Conflict - Faith & Reason" # "Point of View: Scientific Imagination in the Renaissance" # "A Matter of Fact: Printing Transforms Knowledge" # "Infinitely Reasonable: Science Revises the Heavens" # "Credit Where It's Due: The Factory & Marketplace Revolution" # "What the Doctor Ordered: Social Impacts of New Medical Knowledge" # "Fit to Rule: Darwin's Revolution" # "Making Waves: The New Physics - Newton Revised" # "Worlds Without End: Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Day the Universe Changed」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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