What the Stuarts Did for Us

Newe Worldes (1x4)

: 11, 2002

Adam Hart-Davis examines innovations from the Stuart period that had a lasting impact on British society. In this programme, he journeys to the new worlds that Stuart scientists were able to explore for the first time. The microscope revealed a world of tiny, wriggling monsters, and the telescope opened up the study of the stars and planets. (What the Stuarts Did for Us Episode 4)