The Day the Universe Changed: How Galileo's Telescope Changed The Truth and Other Events in History That Dramatically Altered Our Understanding of the World (Back Bay Books) by James Burke Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Day the Universe Changed: How Galileo's Telescope Changed The Truth and Other Events in History That Dramatically Altered Our Understanding of the World (Back Bay Books)
Book Review: Thorough explanation
Summary: 4 Stars
I read this book not as a scientific work. But more likely as fantastic, story book for a child who`s hungry of knowledge. This IS a great work. It contains thorough study, information about how our world changed. But unfortunately, I don`t like the bottom line. I am a muslim, and I still feel that my religion teach not only empty theology, such as man becomes god (or the reverse?), but science as well. I kind a like the way he wrote that the Islamic world has a role too inthis world. But he didn`t state, why. Well, he is a western guy, that makes the real feeling of a muslim could not be understood. Anyway, I like this book.Book Review: Changed the way I think...about thinking
Summary: 5 Stars
I disagree with earlier reviews saying that there is no cohesive message. Burke's message is more about how history happens, than history itself.Burke turns history on it's ear by looking at the way things happen. How they change history in directions people would never have thought of. Kinda makes you wonder what we are doing today that will change tomorrow.
Book Review: Good, but rables just a bit
Summary: 4 Stars
I was introduced to James Burke through a class while in college. We read the book and saw every video in the series that went along with it. It was very interesting to see how unrelated events are connected and how things we do now were set in motion years past. It really makes you thinkBook Review: A really fun story on history and connections ...
Summary: 5 Stars
July 16, 1999I first became aware of James Burke work through the Discovery/TLC channels and when I stumbled across his audio novel Connections I had to try it out. Connections was great and so I was encouraged to try out his other audio novels, The Day The Universe Changed which were just as ingenious and entertaining.
The quality of James Burke's work set the stage for what has become a new age in bedtime stories. My new born son then 3 months was quickly introduced to the art of the audio novel as his new bedtime stories.
Its been well over a year now after several dozen audio novels the little guy has now turned 18 months old. The very creative story of The Day The Universe Changed still gets a replay every few months and he enjoys it every time.
The only sad part about the James Burke audio novels is that I haven't seen a new one in a very long time.
I highly recommend this creative story about history and the connections which brought us to where we are!
Arnold D Veness
Book Review: rambles?
Summary: 5 Stars
Others thought the book rambles when the author is trying to show how one unrelated (seemingly) discovery was begun or brought about by something entirely different invention, and the people involved intermix in unusual ways, very fascinating how the history of invention of common items came to be