LoginThe Day the Universe Changed: How Galileo's Telescope Changed The Truth and Other Events in History That Dramatically Altered Our Understanding of the World
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When humans understood that the earth was flat and it was the center of the universe, all life revolved around that truth. Then, Galileo introduced his telescope. And with that single innovation, architecture, music, literature, science, politics—all of it changed, mirroring the new view of truth. This program is James Burke’s examination of the moments in history when a change in knowledge radically altered man’s understanding of himself and the world around him.
Few people are able to look at human history and see it not as a jumble of half-remembered names and dates, but as an intricate mosaic of neatly inter
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Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
Release date: 1 September 1995
ISBN-10 : 0316117048 | ISBN-13: 9780316117043
Release date: 1 September 1995
ISBN-10 : 0316117048 | ISBN-13: 9780316117043
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