Connections with James Burke
Historian James Burke continues his journey through random historical connections that together have shaped our world and provide important clues to our future.
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A mind-blowing romp through history builds a pathway to the present – and a breakthrough that stands to profoundly change our future.
1.Seeing the Future
09-11-202345mJames connects the dots between Napoleon’s toothpick and the Nielsen TV ratings to see how scientists have built the quantum computer – a data-processing machine so powerful that i...
2.The End of Scarcity
09-11-202347mJames jumps in the sensory deprivation tank with a man who took LSD with dolphins to discover how syphilis in the French aristocracy kicked off a journey to the nanofabricator–a ma...
3.In the Net
09-11-202347mJames opens a cabinet of curiosities to discover how the French Revolution, wallpaper, and NORAD brought about the rise of big data – and a world where humans finally merge with th...
4.None of This is Real
09-11-202340mDog pee, the Polaroid camera, and rocket fuel lead us to a future where AI is indistinguishable from human intelligence. If we can’t tell machines and people apart, what will that...
5.Designer Genes
09-11-202341mA cup of coffee in the 18th century takes James to the pioneering woman who discovered the structure of DNA, and a future with genetically engineered people. Will we want to be Sup...
6.Limitless Energy
09-11-202341mHow did a journey that began thousands of years ago with the Inca and the potato, connect to a mad scientist in a castle, and German beer, then bring us to the brink of a future wi...
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