The Day the Universe Changed — Season 1, Episode 1: The Way We Are: It Started with the Greeks

Episode synopsis

Written and presented by James Burke, this 10-part series traces the development of Western thought through its major transformations since the days of ancient Greece. Program one is an overview of the series, showing how a culture’s view of the world around it determines how it sees itself, and is reflected even in the smallest details of its customs and habits.

About The Day the Universe Changed

Documentary series about the effect of advances in science and technology on western society in its philosophical aspects.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2In the Light of the Above: Medieval Conflict: Faith and Reason
• E3Point of View: Scientific Imagination in the Renaissance
• E4A Matter of Fact: Printing Transforms Knowledge
• E5Infinitely Reasonable: Science Revises the Heavens
• E6Credit Where It's Due: The Factory and Marketplace Revolution
• E7What the Doctor Ordered: Impacts of New Medical Knowledge
• E8Fit to Rule: Darwin's Revolution
• E9Making Waves: The New Physics: Newton Revised
• E10Worlds Without End: Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality