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The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion

Michael Mosley

Jeremy Turner

Aidan Laverty

John Lynch

The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion: Episode 1: What Is Out There?

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What Is Out There?

Episode 1

Episode 1: What Is Out There?

BBC Two - The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion, What Is Out There?

How we came to understand our planet was not at the centre of everything in the cosmos.

Michael Mosley explores how history has shaped science. He looks at how we came to understand that our planet was not at the centre of everything in the cosmos.

Michael Mosley embarks on an informative and ambitious journey exploring how the evolution of scientific understanding is intimately interwoven with society's historical path.

Michael begins with the story of one of the great upheavals in human history, how we came to understand that our planet was not at the centre of everything in the cosmos but just one of billions of bodies in a vast and expanding universe. 

He reveals the critical role of medieval astrologers in changing our view of the heavens, and the surprising connections to the upheavals of the Renaissance, the growth of coffee shops and Californian oil and railway barons. 

Michael shows how important the practical skills of craftsmen have been to this story and finds out how Galileo made his telescope to peer at the heavens and by doing so helped change our view of the universe forever.

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Michael Mosley explores how history shaped science, and science made history

Michael Mosley takes an informative and ambitious journey exploring how the evolution of scientific understanding is intimately interwoven with society's historical path

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