• The Day the Universe Changed is a ten-part documentary television series presented by science historian James Burke. The series tells a series of stories of how specific scientific and technological advances have shaped the Western way of life. The series posits that when one's view of the universe changes, the universe itself effectively changes.

• 1. Episode title: Medieval Conflict: Faith & Reason
  2. Episode subtitle: In the Light of the Above
  3. Originally aired in 1985
  4. Produced by the BBC
  5. Series subtitle: A Personal View by James Burke

• Episode Summary

  During the Middle Ages, most of Europe was dominated by religious beliefs and it was through this frame of mind that people explained the world around them. After the Crusaders invaded Moorish Spain, they discovered an advanced civilization]] and thousands of years of knowledge. After spending 150 years translating thousands of texts, the Crusaders returned to northern Europe with vast amounts of knowledge, including the works of the Ancient Greek philosophers who had pioneered logical thinking. Thus, the Dark Ages ended as secular knowledge and logical thinking took precedence over religious superstition.

• Jump to Episode

  1. It Started with the Greeks
  2. Medieval Conflict: Faith and Reason
  3. Scientific Imagination in the Renaissance
  4. Printing Transforms Knowledge
  5. Science Revises the Heavens
  6. The Factory and Marketplace Revolution
  7. Social Impacts of New Medical Knowledge
  8. Darwin's Revolution
  9. The New Physics: Newton Revised
  10. Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality

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