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Brand new in box, all 5 DVDs. Below is the Amazon description, which only has an option used at $249.99.
Presented by veteran BBC historian and science reporter James Burke, this series explores influences of discoveries and shared knowledge on the perception of the Universe and man's place in it. James Burke looks at times when new knowledge or discoveries has altered that thinking and explores the cultural changes those discoveries effected.
Giftbox set of 10 programs on 5 DVDs
Programs in this series:
The Way We Are: It Started With The Greeks
In Light Of The Above: Medieval Conflict: Faith and Reason
Point Of View: Scientific Imagination In The Renaissance
A Matter Of Fact: Printing Transforms Knowledge
Infinitely Reasonable: Science Revises The Heavens
Credit Where It s Due: The Factory & Marketplace Revolution
What The Doctor Ordered: Social Impacts Of New Medical Knowledge
Fit To Rule: Darwin s Revolution
Making Waves: The New Physics Newton Revised
World s Without End: Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality
Features: Closed Captioned for the Hearing Impaired
AWARDS
Booklist Nonprint Editor's Choice
National Educational Film Festival
Columbus International Film & Video Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
Product information
Run time 9 hours and 10 minutes
Number of discs 5
Media Format NTSC
Actors James Burke
Studio Ambrose Video Publishing Inc
Release date January 31, 2009
