The Day the Universe Changed — Season 1, Episode 3: Point of View: Scientific Imagination in the Renaissance

Episode synopsis

Shows that Western Europe’s rediscovery of perspective through the study of Arab optics led to revolutions in art and architecture. The West’s new-found ability to control things at a distance resulted in new methods of warfare and the confidence to make long voyages of exploration.

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

• E1The Way We Are: It Started with the Greeks
• E2In the Light of the Above: Medieval Conflict: Faith and Reason
• 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