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From: upton@ga.ecn.purdue.edu (David Upton)
Newsgroups: sci.misc
Subject: Re: Science on PBS
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Date: Wed, 21-Oct-87 10:31:12 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 21 10:31:12 1987
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In article <1706@ukecc.engr.uky.edu> edward@engr.uky.edu (Edward C. Bennett) writes:
>In article <1336@ilium.swatsun.UUCP> hirai@swatsun.UUCP (Eiji "A.G." Hirai) writes:
>The program was "The Day the Universe Changed" by James Burke. He had a
>similar series about 8 years ago titled "Connections".
>
>>	The show lacked any depth for those who were Physics majors or
>>were knowledgeable about the field of quantum physics, and was bery confusing
>>for those who were not.  Either way, you lost out.
>
>I'm sorry that you didn't like TDTUC. I've always considered it and 
>"Connections" to be some of the best stuff on PBS. (No, I didn't see "I,
>Claudius".)
>
Yeuuch to "The Day the Universe Changed".  I agree with A.G., it was
shallow and unacceptable.  The program was too concerned with
dramatising history and not concerned enough with accuracy and
relative importance.  Hardly surprising, James Burke used to
co-present a long running BBC program "Tomorrow's World" also
known as "New Technology for the Under-Fives" which was extremely
patronising and over-simplified.  In my view, the DTUC was just
another mechanism for James Burke to claim more of the British
psuedo-intellectual entertainment market and enhance his own
image as the omniscient investigative reporter.  The BBC makes (used to
make?) much better programs of the same ilk on a variety of
scientific topics.

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