Part of the CNN Millennium ten-hour documentary which explores global events from the past 1,000 years, CNN Millennium, Pt. 7: Century of the Telescope -- The Seventeenth Century outlines pivotal points between 1600 and 1700, a period of scientific advancement, global commercialization, and New World settlement. During this century, both the telescope and the microscope were invented, and Galileo Galilei announced that the Earth and the planet Jupiter revolve around the sun. Actor Ben Kingsley narrates. ~ Betsy Boyd, Rovi