Documentary

Connections 2

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.

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Status

Ended

Original Name

Connections 2

First Air Date

January 2, 1994

Last Air Date

September 18, 1994

Seasons

1

Episodes

20

Language

English

Production Companies

Networks

S01E20

Flexible Response

Flexible Response is a whimsical look at the myth of the English longbow, Robin Hood, sheep, the need to drain land with windmills, the effect of compound interest, decimal fractions (wrongly pointing to the USA not Russia as the first country with decimal currency, in fact USA did not exist at the time of Russian decimalization in 1704), increased productivity, the Erie Canal, railroads, telegraphs, department stores, Quaker Oats, X-ray diagnostics, biofeedback, and servo control systems in a Panavia Tornado aircraft.

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