Connections²
(1994)
Overview
Sequel series to the 1979 "Connections" where historian James Burke walks the viewer through the tenuous threads of history that link seemingly obscure scientific breakthroughs and the events and products that we have today.
Cast
Episodes
Revolutions 0.0
January 2, 1994
What do all these things have in common—three grandfathers' lifetimes, two revolutions, 1750 Cornish steam engines for …
Sentimental Journeys 0.0
January 16, 1994
What do these have in common – Freud, lifestyle crisis, electric shock therapy, hypnotherapy, magnetism, phrenology, pe…
Getting it Together 0.0
February 6, 1994
James Burke explains the relationship between hot air balloons and laughing gas, and goes on to surgery, hydraulic-wate…
Whodunit? 0.0
February 20, 1994
This episode starts with a billiard ball and ends with a billiard ball. Along the way, Burke examines Georgius Agricola…
Something for Nothing 0.0
March 6, 1994
How do space shuttle landings start with the vacuum which was forbidden by the Church? Burke takes us on an adventure w…
Echoes of the Past 0.0
March 20, 1994
The past in this case starts with the tea in Dutch-ruled India, examines the Japanese tea ceremony, Zen Buddhism, porce…
Photo Finish 0.0
April 3, 1994
Another series of discoveries examined by Burke includes Eastman Kodak's Brownie, the disappearing elephant scare of 18…
Separate Ways 0.0
April 17, 1994
Burke shows how to get from sugar to atomic weapons by two totally independent paths. The first involves African slaves…
High Times 0.0
May 8, 1994
The connection between polyethylene and Big Ben is a few degrees of separation, so let us recount them: polyethylene, r…
Deja Vu 0.0
May 22, 1994
James Burke provides evidence that history does repeat itself by examining the likes of black and white movies, conquis…
New Harmony 0.0
May 22, 1994
A dream of utopia is followed from microchips to Singapore, from the transistor to its most important element, germaniu…
Hot Pickle 0.0
June 5, 1994
Burke starts out in a spice market in Istanbul where you can find hot pickle, recounts the taking of Constantinople by …
The Big Spin 0.0
June 5, 1994
The Big Spin is what California's lottery TV show is called. And lottery being a game of chance, from here Burke takes …
Bright Ideas 0.0
June 19, 1994
Gin and tonic was invented to combat malaria in British colonies like
Making Waves 0.0
July 3, 1994
A permanent wave in ladies' hair is aided by curlers, and this leads us to explore borax, taking us to Switzerland, Joh…
Routes 0.0
July 17, 1994
Jethro Tull, a sick English lawyer, recuperates sipping wine and contributes the hoe to help fix farming problems. Farm…
One Word 0.0
July 24, 1994
How one word changed history
Sign Here 0.0
July 31, 1994
Better Than the Real Thing 0.0
August 7, 1994
Flexible Response 0.0
August 14, 1994