The Day The Universe Changed – 09 (1985)

Episode 9.
Making Waves: The New Physics – Newton Revised.
The Day The Universe Changed.

James Burke sheds light on 18th-and 19th-century experiments with electricity and electromagnetism that sparked a technological revolution. Explored: the discoveries and contributions of Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Michael Faraday and Ernst Mach. The discovery of electricity led to an explosion in invention and research. Increasingly complex electrical and electronic devices, from light bulbs to airplanes have revolutionized the way people live. Scientists studied light and radio waves, developed particle theories and continue to challenge the boundaries of knowledge. The episode deals with the new era of scientific inquiry that started around 1800 with the study of the properties of electricity.

Reviews advances in the study of magnetism and its relation to electricity, light, and subatomic particles. Also discusses the confusion between science and technology and the layman’s essentially commonsense Newtonian view of the world while the scientific world is actually relative and uncertain.

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