Connections
Subtitle: 5-6 : an alternative view of change
By: by James Burke ; a BBC TV/Time-Life Film co-production ; produced by Mick Jackson and David Kennard
Contributors: British Broadcasting Corporation; Time-Life Films; Ambrose Video Publishing
Series: Connections -- 5-6; BBC classics
Publisher: Ambrose Video Pub.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Modern Civilization; Technology and civilization; Technology; History; Technological innovations; Inventions; Inventors; Astrology; Greek and Roman Medicine; Measuring instruments; Telescopes; Steel forgings; Machine parts; Architecture and climate; Power resources; Steam engineering
Other titles: Connections 1.; Wheel of fortune.; Thunder in the skies.
Description: A series presenting science as a detective story illustrating the connections between events of the past and inventions of the future. Part 5: Traces the connection between medieval astrology, ancient Greek medical manuscripts, the need for precise measuring devices and the invention of such things as the telescope, forged steel and interchangeable machine parts. Part 6: Details many of the changes in building construction and energy usage which occurred when the climate of Europe changed dramatically in the 13th century. Shows how the scarcity of firewood contributed to the invention of the steam engine, which was the predecessor of gasoline-powered engines.
Notes: Videodisc release of the 1988 television series.

Written and presented by James Burke.

DVD.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 5. Wheel of fortune (52 min.); title: Pt. 6. Thunder in the skies  ( 52 min.)