The companion volume for the award-winning PBS and BBC series from "one of the most intriguing minds in the western world" (The Washington Post).

The Day the Universe Changed presents a sweeping view of the history of science, technology, and human civilization and examines the moments in history when a change in knowledge radically altered man's understanding of himself and the world around him.

James Burke examines eight periods in history when our view of the world shifted dramatically:

• In the eleventh century, when extraordinary discoveries were made by Spanish crusaders

• In fourteenth-century Florence, where perspective in painting emerged

• In the fifteenth century, when the advent of the printing press shook the foundations of an oral society

• In the sixteenth century, when gunnery developments triggered the birth of modern science

• In the early eighteenth century, when hot English summers brought on the Industrial Revolution

• In the battlefield surgery stations of the French revolutionary armies, where people first became statistics

• In the nineteenth century, when the discovery of dinosaur fossils led to the theory of evolution

• In the 1820s, when electrical experiments heralded the end of scientific certainty

Based on the popular television documentary series, The Day the Universe Changed is a bestselling history that challenges the reader to decide whether there is absolute knowledge to discover -- or whether the universe is "ultimately what we say it is."

"A masterful job. The result is a fascinating, focused view that boggles the mind." -- Charleston Evening Post

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