The Day the Universe Changed

Season 1, Episode 4: A Matter of Fact: Printing Transforms Knowledge

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Observes that the invention of printing and the advent of cheap paper forever transformed the nature of knowledge from the local and traditional to the systematic and testable. Nationalism, public relations, and propaganda are among the results.

All Episodes - Season 1

The Way We Are: It Started with the Greeks
Episode 1
The Way We Are: It Started with the Greeks
 In the Light of the Above: Medieval Conflict: Faith and Reason
Episode 2
In the Light of the Above: Medieval Conflict: Faith and Reason
 Point of View: Scientific Imagination in the Renaissance
Episode 3
Point of View: Scientific Imagination in the Renaissance
 A Matter of Fact: Printing Transforms Knowledge
Episode 4
A Matter of Fact: Printing Transforms Knowledge
 Infinitely Reasonable: Science Revises the Heavens
Episode 5
Infinitely Reasonable: Science Revises the Heavens
 Credit Where It's Due: The Factory and Marketplace Revolution
Episode 6
Credit Where It's Due: The Factory and Marketplace Revolution
 What the Doctor Ordered: Impacts of New Medical Knowledge
Episode 7
What the Doctor Ordered: Impacts of New Medical Knowledge
 Fit to Rule: Darwin's Revolution
Episode 8
Fit to Rule: Darwin's Revolution
 Making Waves: The New Physics: Newton Revised
Episode 9
Making Waves: The New Physics: Newton Revised
 Worlds Without End: Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality
Episode 10
Worlds Without End: Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality
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