Connections 1 [videorecording] / British Broadcasting Corporation and Time-Life Films ; produced by Mick Jackson and David Kennard ; written and presented by James Burke.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Ambrose Video Pub.,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
5 videodiscs (104 min. each) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from disc. Videodisc release of the 1988 television series, Epsiodes given volume numbering on containers.
Contents:
[Disc 1] v. 1. The trigger effect -- v. 2. Death in the morning -- [Disc 2] v. 3. Distant voices -- v. 4. Faith in numbers -- [Disc 3] v. 5. The wheel of fortune -- v. 6. Thunder in the skies -- [Disc 4] v. 7. The long chain -- v. 8. Eat, drink, and be merry -- [Disc 5] v. 9. Countdown -- v. 10 Yesterday, tomorrow, and you.
Summary:
James Burke presents science as a detective story, illustrating the connections between events of the past and inventions of the future. Burke tracks through twelve thousand years of history for the clues that lead to eight great life-changing inventions-- the atom bomb, telecommunications, the computer, the production line, jet aircraft, plastics, rocketry and television.
Series:
BBC classics
OCLC:
(OCoLC)156835801
Locations:
KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.