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Title:

Echoes of the past [videorecording] / written and presented by James Burke.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Ambrose Video Publishing,

Copyright Date:

c1994

Description:

1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Kelvin, William Thomson,--Baron,--1824-1907.
Wedgwood, Josiah,--1730-1795.
Freemansons--History.
Architecture, Renaissance--Florence.--Florence.
Cryptography--History.
Inventions--History.
Inventors--History.
Japanese tea ceremony.
Porcelain.
Pottery--History.
Radio astronomy--History.
Technology and civilization.
Telephone--History.

Other Authors:

Burke, James, 1936-
Sattin, Richard.
Slee, Mike.
Discovery Productions, Inc.
Principal Film Company.

Notes:

"A presentation of Discovery Productions in association with James Burke and The Principal Film Company, UK."--Container. "Created especially for the Learning Channel"--Container. In series title "2" is superscript.

Summary:

Part of a series exploring the origins and effects of inventions that shaped the modern world. This episode ponders the secrets of the universe by making connections between the Japanese tea ceremony, porcelain, Florentine architecture, Freemasons, secret codes used in warfare, radio-telephones, and radio astronomy.

Series:

Connections 2 ; 6

OCLC:

(OCoLC)30825019

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)