Video: James Burke’s Knowledge Web
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“Learners may study either history or physics, or perhaps only Renaissance history and astrophysics. People tend to become experts in highly specialized fields, learning more and more about less and less.”
James Burke
In following down one line of investigation for the first documentary I’m researching, I was reminded of an interview I did with James Burke for one of the first issues of Visions magazine.
In case you don’t know, James Burke is probably best known as the author and host of the television series Connections on PBS and The Learning Channel.
As it explains on his Knowledge Web web site (k-web.org), “James’ work explores the idiosyncratic relationships between technology, science, and social change throughout modern history. Through a variety of media—radio, television, print, and now the World Wide Web—James has brought the world a unique perspective on how all of history is interrelated and interdependent. (more…)
Video: Nikola Tesla - The Missing Secrets
Nikola Tesla: The Missing Secrets ( part 1 of 5)
Why did the US Government, the CIA and the Patent Office try to cover up all the great work of Tesla? Was he the greatest electrical genius of all time? More vids can be found at http://www.soulcravings.net
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