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James Burke (science historian)
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<p>James Burke (born 22 December 1936) is a broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer. He was one of the main presenters of the <a href="/facts/BBC_One/t4SaSm6X">BBC1</a> science series <i><a href="/facts/Tomorrow%2527s_World/to3V3HYF">Tomorrow's World</a></i> from 1965 to 1971 and created and presented the television series <i><a href="/facts/Connections_(British_documentary)/jtU6Uqqh">Connections</a></i> (1978), and its more philosophical sequel <i><a href="/facts/The_Day_the_Universe_Changed/a96FU1DP">The Day the Universe Changed</a></i> (1985), about the <a href="/facts/History_of_science_and_technology/WvmITQvS">history of science and technology</a>. <i><a href="/facts/The_Washington_Post/dRvzvqJc">The Washington Post</a></i> has called him "one of the most intriguing minds in the Western world". </p>