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James Burke was a hugely popular scientist in the late 70s and 80s. He predicted the Internet in the 80s and made a series "After the Warming" also in the 80s that seems to have been off by about 10-15 years on runaway climate change (Really well worth, and quite chilling, watching again today with our current awareness of climate change. It's on YT).
He made a fascinating, award winning, set of TV series - Connections. That showed how much progress is a series of interconnected events. Often stemming from apparently unconnected accidental events. Got me fascinated in science and technology as a child and set my course for the next 40 years!
Here's an article he produced in a book "Impact of Science on Society" for NASA in 1985 along with articles from Jules Bergman and Isaac Asimov: http://history.nasa.gov/sp482.pdf
Some of his TV series are on the web - Youtube and TPB. Not sure how well they've aged! :)