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Darwin's dangerous idea / a co-production of the WGBH/NOVA Science Unit and Clear Blue Sky Productions ; written and directed by David Espar and Susan K. Lewis. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: WG35489 | WGBH Boston VideoSeries: Publication details: [Boston, Massachusetts] : WGBH Boston Video, (c)2001.Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781578078585
Uniform titles:
  • Nova (Television program)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QH367.W549.D379 2001
  • QH367
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Contents:
Common ancestry -- Ecuador and the tree of life -- Natural selection -- Mutation and HawaiiV -- Complexity -- How the eye evolved -- God -- A scientist discusses religion -- The human question -- Humans and the tree of life -- Epilogue.
Production credits:
  • Editor, Bernice Schneider ; music, Sheldon Mirowitz ; drama directed by Alastair Reid ; drama produced by Linda Garmon ; drama edited by George Akers.
Subject: This episode interweaves the drama in key moments of Darwin's life with documentary sequences of current research, linking past to present and introducing major concepts of evolutionary theory. It explores why Darwin's "dangerous idea" might matter even more today than it did in his own time, and reveals how science might be used to explain the past and predict the future of life on earth.
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Editor, Bernice Schneider ; music, Sheldon Mirowitz ; drama directed by Alastair Reid ; drama produced by Linda Garmon ; drama edited by George Akers.

Drama based on Darwin by Adrian Desmond and James Moore.

Documentary.

"WG35489."

"As seen on PBS."

This episode interweaves the drama in key moments of Darwin's life with documentary sequences of current research, linking past to present and introducing major concepts of evolutionary theory. It explores why Darwin's "dangerous idea" might matter even more today than it did in his own time, and reveals how science might be used to explain the past and predict the future of life on earth.

Special features: Access to the Evolution Web site; chapter search; closed captions.

Prologue -- Common ancestry -- Ecuador and the tree of life -- Natural selection -- Mutation and HawaiiV -- Complexity -- How the eye evolved -- God -- A scientist discusses religion -- The human question -- Humans and the tree of life -- Epilogue.

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