> trajectory of progress How to write the history of science? First, watch James Burke's histories - Connections[1] and The Day The Universe Changed - for his

> trajectory of progress How to write the history of science? First, watch James Burke's histories - Connections[1] and The Day The Universe Changed - for his non-teleological view of change. Connections is an important examination about the trajectory of progress. Burke's premise - which I agree with strongly - is that change is not predictable. We can, at best, make educated guesses about the future and be prepared for those guesses to be completely wrong more often than we like. The conclusions here - which is very relevant to teaching both science and its history - is the importance of involving normal people in this rapidly accelerating rate of change. Why involve people? Because technology is a trap if you don't know how to build it. Do you think of the trap you are walking into (if the power fails) every time you enter an elevator? The history of science is a series of ever more complex traps... that happen to give us incredible benefit as long as we are careful not to get caught. The Day The Universe Change is a different focus, about how science changes our understanding of the world around us. That is, our universe changes with each discovery. [1] The original 1978 series.