The Day the Universe Changed — Season 1, Episode 9: Making Waves: The New Physics: Newton Revised
Documentary • 45 min • 1 season, 10 episodes • ★ 8.8/10
Episode synopsis
Points out that studies of the properties of magnetism, electricity, and light have led scientists to the realization that Newtonian physics is inadequate to explain all that they observe. The public, meanwhile, has continued to concentrate on the technological by-products of science.
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
- 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
- E10Worlds Without End: Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality