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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0739815003509
Format: NTSC
Label: Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc.
Manufacturer: Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc.
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc.
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 01, 2007
Running Time: 500 minutes
Sales Rank: 4840
Studio: Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc.
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Product Description:
The original and still most requested science series in our collection. Produced in 1978, the series has been digitally re-mastered onto DVD to upgrade the viewing experience. James Burke begins his tracking of 12,000 years of science history in this ten part series. Winner of the Red Ribbon in the American Film Festival, the scope of the series covers 19 countries and 150 locations, requiring over 14 months of filming.
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the Sherlock Holmes of science, Burke tracks the clues that lead us to eight great life changing inventions. Burke postulates that such changes occur in response to factor he calls 'trigger,' some of them seemingly unrelated.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Connections 1
The DVDs arrived quickly and in new condition, I am very satisfied with the product and the seller.
Rating: - Connections
This is an excellant series. The DVD is clear and sharp in both audio and video aspects. The material is presented intellectually with humor by James Burke. The film production is spectacular.
Rating: - Always fantastic
Don't miss this series! Absolutely fabulous overview of world history, mechanics, medicine, technology, everything. He explains how we got to where we are (or rather, were; the series is over 10 years old and lots has changed even since then). So interesting, so much to learn, so much "I didn't know that!" and "Wow, what a great.... CONNECTION!"
Rating: - All People, Large and Small, Genius and Fool
Apart from a few gifted teachers, the problem with teaching history - and learning it - is that they're doing it wrong. Human events are not linear; they are not Henry Ford's definition of history: one damned thing after another. Nor are the most significant developments in history the product of men and women with singular genius. Rather, they are often enabled by outright fools. This is why Connections is important. This is why it's so captivating. I'd say that only a polymath like Burke could ... Read More
Rating: - 6 Stars for the Conncetions Series and Book...5 stars just isn't enough!!
I saw James Burke's Connections Series when it came out years ago and it made a tremendous impact on me. I then read the book cover to cover!
It was a joy to watch Burke carefully take us (the viewers) with him on an amazing journey. He showed time and again how people throughout history used their critical thinking skills to create amazing human creations from seemingly unrelated discoveries and decisions that were made before them.
Burke showed that whatever we create ... Read More
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