Introduction of the knowledge from captured Islamic Spanish libraries transforms the Europe's conception of knowledge and the fact that it can advance.
1. The Way We Are: It Started with the Greeks
Aired: Mar 19, 1985The Ancient Greece based origins of modern Western Civilization's primary val...
2. In the Light of the Above: Medieval Conflict - Faith and Reason
Aired: Mar 26, 1985Introduction of the knowledge from captured Islamic Spanish libraries transfo...
3. Point of View: Scientific Imagination in the Renaissance
Aired: Apr 2, 1985The introduction of perspective techniques transforms Europe's use of art, ar...
4. A Matter of Fact: Printing Transforms Knowledge
Aired: Apr 9, 1985The introduction of practical mass printing ends Europe's predominate relianc...
5. Infinitely Reasonable: Science Revises the Heavens
Aired: Apr 16, 1985The Catholic Counter-Reformation inadvertently sparks the Scientific Revoluti...
6. Credit Where It's Due: The Factory and Marketplace Revolution
Aired: Apr 23, 1985The rise of land enclosure and advances in engineering help transform the Wes...
7. What the Doctor Ordered: Social Impacts of New Medical Knowledge
Aired: Apr 30, 1985The advance of modern medicine and public health comes at the cost of the fie...
8. Fit to Rule: Darwin's Revolution
Aired: May 7, 1985The introduction of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution undermines the conce...
9. Making Waves: The New Physics - Newton Revised
Aired: May 14, 1985As modern theoretical physics becomes more ambiguous in nature, the Western l...
10. Worlds Without End: Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality
Aired: May 21, 1985James sums up his ideas about the effect of different worldviews on science b...
Main Cast
Current Status: Ended
Network: BBC One
Genres:Documentary, History
