Talk:James Burke (science historian)

message: This is not exactly old:  I believe Jame Burke also narrated the MacGillivray Freeman Film Speed.  From http://www.amazon.com/Speed-IMAX-2-Disc-WMVHD-Monty/dp/B00022PZ1A/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1282445485&sr=1-1  :
"Like any IMAX film, this popular 30-minute program suffers from home-theater reduction, but its crisp images and flawless audio (especially in DTS mode) provide adequate compensation as James Burke (lively host of the classic science/invention series Connections) narrates a brisk survey of speed, from the earliest push-pedal bicycle, to the Stanley Steamer, internal combustion engines (including a nod to pioneering hot-rodder Bill Vukovich), jets, rockets, and beyond."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.249.30.37 (talk) 02:54, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Because noone who knows about it has written it in yet! go for it ;-) --Quiddity 19:01, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorted. Grant 23:04, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: older discussion

message: : I've heard that Burke's degree was in fact in Middle English rather than any science-based discipline. Would this be worth adding? Also, the article refers to him receiving his MA from Oxford University, which may well be correct but should perhaps also note that both Oxford and Cambridge Universities award MAs as a matter of course to graduates holding the lower BA degree after a period of time. Eg: I was awarded my MA by Cambridge three years after attaining my BA but without doing any further academic work in that period. Burke almost certainly will have obtained a BA some time prior to the MA - can this be confirmed? Sitush 12:20, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Degree/Training 

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thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

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message: A minor mention somebody may wish to include - notable enough I think.  He is mentioned in the final verse of the electronic track "The Black Hit Of Space", by the british band The Human League in their late 70s first incarnation, in the immortal line "Get James Burke on the case".  "The Black Hit Of Space" is from the album "Travelogue", released May 1980. (And incidentally and amusingly, in a re-release there is also a track called "Tom Baker").
118.209.61.205 (talk) 12:41, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The band has an article here; The Human League, and the album that you mention also has one here; Travelogue  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.112.68.219 (talk) 18:54, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Human League, The Black Hit Of Space 

message: I was just going to edit the James Burke article as I work with him
My intention was to inform the world how knowledge web is changing
We hope to have a Christmas launch
The idea James has needs a reboot as its been in dev for years so myself and a friend decided to quick-path
We're highly skilled developers  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peardox (talk • contribs) 09:51, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem 

message: Is the YouTube channel link in the article to an official(ly sanctioned) resource, or is it promoting copyright violation? --Belg4mit (talk) 17:43, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It's linked to at http://k-web.org/media-news/ ("Re-Connections" and "Connections 1") so I believe it falls under the category of "officially sanctioned". –Quiddity (talk) 21:22, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube 

message: Under:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burke_%28science_historian%29#Biography
Part of the fourth paragraph reads:
"...most-watched PBS television series to that time."
I'm fairly certain this should read either:
...most-watched PBS television series up to that time.
or
...most-watched PBS television series at that time.
I'm unsure which is correct, but it seems confusing as written.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.253.125.129 (talk) 19:14, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minor edit 

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message: Quote: "Later, in contrast to this, he suggested in the conclusion of The Day the Universe Changed that a worldwide revolution in communications and computer technology would allow people to instantaneously exchange ideas and opinions (that is, he predicted the Internet)."
This is a bit of a stretch. That was in 1985. The Internet already existed then; it just wasn't wasn't a household word. Usenet was already used for exchanging ideas around the globe. Internet Relay Chat (IRC) was only four years away from being developed. 216.31.219.19 (talk) 20:52, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
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message: Anyone got a source for Burke's work on Tomorrow's World? This article has 1968–69 but the programme's article has 1965–1971. --Wire723 (talk) 09:06, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dates for Tomorrow's World 

message: I take it he does have one, and doesn't simply inhabit some monastic cell? Not that I'm nosy (OK, I'm nosy) but being as he's such a Renaissance Man, surely we should describe the complete circle of his character; so as to achieve, as far as possible, the entire holos of the person.
Nuttyskin (talk) 14:27, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I have a little personal knowledge of this but since I would not be able to provide any citations I will not be adding it. Stu (talk) 15:20, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: You can discuss things here on the talkpage, within the limits of good taste and respect for the person, even if refs cannot be found to add to the article. Reify-tech (talk) 20:04, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:BLPTALK says no, you can't. Qwfp (talk) 20:12, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Private Life 

message: In 2019 the change in America's habits which started with content streaming on cheap, flat wide-screen TVs has moved James Burke's shows to the center. Currently, Netflix, Hulu and company are starving for content. People run through an entire season of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in a week-- the equivalent of a feature film and three sequels. Burke's multi-episode genre is the most fashionable and most in demand. At the same time, STEM has pushed the humanities to the sidelines. Burke is poised for a major revival. And well deserved! Profhum (talk) 06:47, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: If you have a reliable source for that, it could be added to the article. I'm not seeing anything about it, though. Matt Deres (talk) 14:41, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  2019: Connections revival coming 

message: In the late 80s when living in France I saw the series The Day the Universe Changed on French TV, of course in French.
Did James Burke narrate this himself in French? To my ear at the time I thought the French narrator got his tone or voice very well and realised later that more simply it might just have been the man himself.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.7.94.190 (talk) 16:56, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does James Burke speak French?