The ascent of man: the starry messenger
This is part six of a history of the cultural evolution of man, from primitive times to the present, presented by the late Dr. Jacob Bronowski. This program focuses on man's early attempts to map the forces which move the planets, contrasting the st...
The ascent of man: world within world
This is part ten of a history of the cultural evolution of man, from primitive times to the present, presented by the late Dr. Jacob Bronowski. This program explores the world inside the atom and discusses the men and ideas that made physics in the ...
Connections: distant voices
Telecommunications exist because the Normans wore stirrups at the Battle of Hastings - a simple advance that caused a revolution in the increasingly expensive science of warfare. Europe turned its attention to making money to wage wars. As mine shaf...