Connections, 1-2

The Resource Connections, 1-2
Label
Connections, 1-2
Title number
1-2
Statement of responsibility
British Broadcasting Corporation and Time-Life Film ; produced by Mick Jackson and David Kennard
Title variation
Connections 1
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
A series presenting science as a detective story illustrating the connections between events of the past and inventions of the future. Part 1: Beginning in Egypt the program explains how plowing, building, writing, taxation, and astronomy began and how they became interdependent. Man's present dependence on complex technological networks is illustrated with a reconstruction of the New York City power blackout of 1965. The program ends in Kuwait, a nation which has moved from the technology of ancient Egypt to the modern world in a single generation. Part 2: Traces the connections between standardization of precious metals used in coins, the great commercial center, and library built by Alexander the Great, development of the compass, and creation of the atomic bomb
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Member of
Cataloging source
CUY
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Written and presented by British social journalist James Burke
Runtime
104
Series statement
Connections
Series volume
1-2
Technique
live action
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