Connections

There's this great TV show called Connections that started in the 70's and resurfaced again in the 90's. If you've never watched the show I suggest you keep an eye out as it still appears in syndication from time to time on channels like TLC. It was hosted by a brilliant Irish science historian named James Burke and was originally produced for the BBC. The premise of the show was that Burke would present a question or and interesting scientific theory and then show how it was interconnected with other discoveries, people and places. It has long been one of my very favorite shows, here's the intro of the very first episode. Rather eerily, the introduction was shot at the now destroyed World Trade Center....