The Day the Universe Changed Episode 1
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- Wikipedia: The Day The Universe Changed Entry
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- James Burke Institute: The James Burke Knowledge Web
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- Mahalo Guide to James Burke
It Started with the Greeks Part One
- YouTube: The Day The Universe Changed, Episode 1 Part 1 of 5 (Time 10:00)
Names and Events in Part One
- @0:40: James Burke introduces the series The Day The Universe Changed
- @3:37: Inside Cheyenne Mountain, Burke finds the North American Air Defense center
- @4:57: Norad could be wiped out within ten minutes if targeted by a nuclear submarine
- @5:17 In the nuclear age, defense spending means protecting your way of life
- @5:27 The Soviet Union test launches 5,000 missiles each year (1985)
- @6:16 Pilots are specifically trained to protect against any nuclear attack within seconds
- @7:00: The West justifies its defense spending to protect Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Movement and Freedom of Self Expression
- @7:33: James Burke urges you to follow him in this series to look back in history and see how our views have changed as what we knew changed
- @8:08: James Burke Introduces some examples that will be explored in the series
It Started with the Greeks Part Two
- YouTube: The Day The Universe Changed, Episode 1 Part 2 of 5 (Time 9:59)
Names and Events in Part Two
- @1:10: The Western culture continued to change because it's the kind of people we are. We are curious to find out how things work
- @2:11: We won't stop getting answers unless we stop asking questions
- @2:42: Why did we start asking questions?
- @3:00 We have knowledge thanks to Philosophical thinking which began in Ancient Greece
- @4:39: Even if you don't speak the language, you know the code
- @5:12: Quick view of the Parthenon
- @6:00: The way we are in the Western culture can be traced back 2700 years to when the Ionians colonized the eastern Mediterranean
- @7:39: Thales of Miletus used knowledge to study nature rather then magic
- @8:10: Thales of Miletus delivered the geometrical knowledge of Ancient Egypt to Greece after a trip down the Nile River
- @8:39: Thales of Miletus made several discoveries in the study of geometry
It Started with the Greeks Part Three
- YouTube: The Day The Universe Changed, Episode 1 Part 3 of 5 (Time 9:59)
Names and Events in Part Three
- @0:26: The Ancient Greeks where not afraid to debate any question
- @2:26: Steam power solved many of the 18th Century problems cause by increasing population
- @3:28: Telescopes Map the sky
- @3:42: The Andromeda Galaxy neighbors the Milky Way Galaxy
- @4:15: During the 15th Century, affluent merchants went to Greece to get some Classical Era education
- @5:23: The Jodrell Bank Observatory is situated at the University of Manchester
- @6:08: James Burke notes that education has been institutionalized
- @7:00: The Ritual Institution of marriage is another way to maintain societal order
- @9:50: Government, banking, taxes and Sewage have all been institutionalized
It Started with the Greeks Part Four
- YouTube: The Day The Universe Changed, Episode 1 Part 4 of 5 (Time 9:59)
Names and Events in Part Four
- @1:45: James Burke explains how if the institutions fail to keep order, it would be the end of civilization
- @2:45: Buddhist Monks who worship Buddha do not seek knowledge because all their questions have been answered and these answers are set in theological concrete
- @4:55: science labs have institutionalized the pursuit of change
- @7:27: James Burke predicts that a microchip the size of his fingernail will allow people to work from home
- @8:34: James Burke boards the famous San Francisco Trolley
It Started with the Greeks Part Five
- YouTube: The Day The Universe Changed, Episode 1 Part 5 of 5 (Time 5:49)
Names and Events in Part Five
- @0:35: In our life right now we work to buy the latest model, there is more change and less time to adapt
- @1:44: The only constant in life is change
- @2:28: James Burke reveals that today we are defending a way of life that is constantly changing, we are defending a question mark
- @3:00: Mankind not only will question how the world works, but develop new ways to make it work.


