The Story of Science – EP1: What Is Out There? (2/6)

Episode One: What Is Out There? www.youtube.com Episode Two: What is the World Made Of? www.youtube.com Episode Three: How Did We Get Here? www.youtube.com Episode Four: Can We Have Unlimited Power? www.youtube.com Episode Five: What Is the Secret of Life? www.youtube.com Episode Six: Who Are We? www.youtube.com What Is Out There? Michael Mosley embarks on an informative and ambitious journey exploring how the evolution of scientific understanding is intimately interwoven with society’s historical path. Michael begins with the story of one of the great upheavals in human history – how we came to understand that our planet was not at the centre of everything in the cosmos, but just one of billions of bodies in a vast and expanding universe. He reveals the critical role of medieval astrologers in changing our view of the heavens, and the surprising connections to the upheavals of the Renaissance, the growth of coffee shops and Californian oil and railway barons. Michael shows how important the practical skills of craftsmen have been to this story and finds out how Galileo made his telescope to peer at the heavens and by doing so helped change our view of the universe forever. . Science History Exploring Scientific Understanding Human History Planet Centre Everything Cosmos Expanding Universe Medieval Astrologers Heavens Renaissance Galileo Telescope Material Alchemists Gold Invention Theories Elements Atoms Quantum Physics Origins Diversity Life Earth Evolution Charles …
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