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"The Day the Universe Changed (1985) is a British documentary television series produced by and starring science historian James Burke.

The series' primary focus is on the effect of advances in science and technology on western philosophy. The title comes from the philosophical idea that the universe essentially only exists as you perceive it through what you know; therefore, if you change your perception of the universe with new knowledge, you have essentially changed the universe itself.

To illustrate this concept, James Burke tells the various stories of important scientific discoveries and technological advances and how they fundamentally altered how western civilization perceives the world. The series runs in roughly chronological order, from around the beginning of the Middle Ages to the present." - Wikipedia

Episodes

The Way We Are: It Started with the Greeks
In the Light of the Above: Medieval Conflict - Faith & Reason
Point of View: Scientific Imagination in the Renaissance
A Matter of Fact: Printing Transforms Knowledge
Infinitely Reasonable: Science Revises the Heavens
Credit Where It's Due: The Factory & Marketplace Revolution
What the Doctor Ordered: Social Impacts of New Medical Knowledge
Fit to Rule: Darwin's Revolution
Making Waves: The New Physics - Newton Revised
Worlds Without End: Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality