Hit The Water

Some more Saturday Learning Series; Connections 3 from James Burke.  This is Episode 9, Hit The Water. If you haven't bothered to watch any of these please give this one a try. You'll learn something and you might even be intrigued by it.

Fire From The Sky

Courtesy of JamesBurkeWeb, here's more in the series of Connections from James Burke, which traces the history of human advancement in a truly unique way. For more in this and other historical narratives, including the likes of Milton Friedman, search this blog for "Saturday Learning Series".

Saturday Learning Series continues

James Burke takes us to A Special Place via a walk through history.  The Connections 3 series continues from last week's Elementary Stuff.

Saturday Learning Series - Elementary Stuff

James Burke continues his trek through history in the series Connections 3, with Elementary Stuff.  This is the 6th episode - previously, episode 5 was Life Is No Picnic.

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Next up - A Special Place

Life Is No Picnic

The inimitable James Burke, eloquently meandering through history with acute insight into how we got to where we are today.  Continuing the Saturday Learning Series, with James Burke's Connections 3, Life Is No Picnic.

Previously in the series - An Invisible Object

An Invisible Object

Have you ever wondered how the study of black holes in space is related to French fungal infections?  Maybe you should.  The Saturday Learning Series continues with episode 4 of "Connections 3", An Invisible Object, in which he explains that connection for us.

Drop The Apple!

History not exciting?  History not relevant to today? Bzzzzz! Wrong! Conservatives should know better than that, what with the whole standing on shoulders of giants approach to progress. In that light, one of the greatest and interesting historical minds of modern times, James Burke provides a fascinating exploration of how progress occurs. As he winds his way through history, he demonstrates that progress occurs, almost exclusively, by accident.  That accidental progress is achieved through various, often seemingly unrelated "connections" between ideas or individuals.

Saturday Learning Series - What's In A Name

After a break last weekend, the Saturday Learning Series continues with more from professor James Burke in his Connections 3, which is ironically, the 4th work in his series looking at how science and society are inter-connected back through history.  As an added bonus, he also explains the why.

Saturday Learning Series - Connections 3, Episode 1

History itself is a series of connections of events. Sometimes seemingly unconnected events are connected in surprising ways. James Burke provides yet another series of connections in the Connections 3 series that explores how the modern day society and technology we take for granted has come into being. This series, unlike his others, exist almost as distinct chapters of a book - the series itself is connected.

Learning from history is important and James Burke's work is an enlightening, important and entertaining analysis of history from a unique perspective. I highly recommend it.

For other works by James Burke (and others), search this site for "Saturday Learning Series".