BBC - Connections (1994) - Episode 12: Hot Pickle - Season 2
BBC - Connections (1994) - Episode 12: Hot Pickle - Season 2
AVI/DivX MPEG-4 1162.0 kbps | 576x432, 30 fps | MP3, 48 kHz, 42 kbps | English | 21:47 | 209 Mb
AVI/DivX MPEG-4 1162.0 kbps | 576x432, 30 fps | MP3, 48 kHz, 42 kbps | English | 21:47 | 209 Mb
Connections is a documentary television series created, written and presented by science historian James Burke. It took an interdisciplinary approach to the history of science and invention and demonstrated how various discoveries, scientific achievements, and historical world events were built from one another successively in an interconnected way to bring about particular aspects of modern technology. The series was noted for Burke's crisp and enthusiastic presentation (and dry humour), historical re-enactments, and intricate working models.
Episode 12: "Hot Pickle" - Burke starts out in a spice market in Istanbul where you can find hot pickle, recounts the retaking of Istanbul by the Turks in 1453, follows the trail of pepper and tea and opium and the exploitation of addicts, moves to the jungles of Java, then to zoos, the use of canaries as carbon monoxide detectors, how George Stephenson used his consolation prize to build a locomotive, which led to the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack. Next we visit a sea island off the coast of South Carolina, where children of slaves are schooled. By the way, they picked cotton, which leads us to gaslight and air conditioning. Georgia Cayvan's glass dress leads to the neodymium glass laser, (which was used in the Gulf War). And the armed switch for firing a missile is also called "a hot pickle."
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BBC - Connections (1994) - Episode 12: Hot Pickle - Season 2
BBC - Connections (1994) - Episode 12: Hot Pickle - Season 2
Season 1:
Episode 1: The Trigger Effect
Episode 2: Death in the Morning
Episode 3: Distant Voices
Episode 4: Faith In Numbers
Episode 5: The Wheel of Fortune
Episode 6: Thunder in the Skies
Episode 7: The Long Chain
Episode 8: Eat, Drink and Be Merry
Episode 9: Countdown
Episode 10: Yesterday, Tomorrow and You
Season 2:
Episode 1: Revolutions
Episode 2: Flexible Response
Episode 3: Getting it Together
Episode 4: Whodunit
Episode 5: Something for Nothing
Episode 6: Echoes of the Past
Episode 7: Photo Finish
Episode 8: Separate Ways
Episode 9: High Times
Episode 10: Deja Vu
Episode 11: New Harmony