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I don't have to watch re-runs because I own the series.  So there, :-þ nyah-nyah neener-neener.

Of course they look dated and of course the Gosh-Wow is So-What and We Know More Now and all the rest of it ... Connections was shot in the mid-70s  fer crying out loud.  

I don't know his intention.  Overtly the series was about change not science ... 'tho the viewer learned a bit about science along the way.

by ATinNM on Sun Aug 29th, 2010 at 02:46:47 PM EST
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In fact he made a later series called "The Day the Universe Changed" which was excellent (despite the jokey, punning style - as he said it was for BBC1, Clark's Civilisation was for the more elitist BBC2). It had an almost marxist approach, with some focus on basic economic developments and (as with Connections) connecting very diverse aspects of society in a style quite unlike so much academic, specialised history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtWVfTiQQW8

The title relates to the idea of paradigm shift.  

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Sun Aug 29th, 2010 at 03:50:11 PM EST
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I enjoyed The Day the Universe Changed when it ran.  It never made it here in the states to the same extent his first series did and, so, is not often re-run.  

His Knowledge Web

The Knowledge Web counters the tendency of modern education to encourage specialized learning and thinking. With formal education today, learners may study either history or physics, or perhaps only Renaissance history and astrophysics," says James. "People tend to become experts in highly specialized fields, learning more and more about less and less.

is an interesting effort.  No idea how successful it has been.

by ATinNM on Sun Aug 29th, 2010 at 04:14:21 PM EST
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