What the Stuarts Did for Us

The Thynkynge Revolution (1x2)

Air date: Sep 30, 2002

During this era there were the most striking transformations of our understanding of our place in the Universe. Adam explains how Tudor ides of astronomy were revolutionsed by the discovery of a "new star" or "nova" in 1572, and how the dubious practice of alchemy gradually gave place to chemistry, alongside the discovery of many new substances. (What the Tudors Did for Us Episode 2)