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

Imprint [Boston, MA] : WGBH Boston Video, [2009]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  576.8 D259 2009    ---  Available
Description 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD; NTSC; all regions; letterboxed.
Language Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Note Documentary with some dramatic elements.
Performer Narrator: Liam Neeson.
Cast Christopher Larkin, Jane Cunliffe, Mark Tandy.
Credits Editors, Bernice Schneider, James Rutenbeck, Steve Audette ; producer, Susan K. Lewis ; music, Sheldon Mirowitz ; drama directed by Alastair Reid ; drama produced by Linda Garmon ; drama edited by George Akers.
Note Originally aired on PBS in 2001 as the first part of a seven-part television broadcast series called Evolution.
Dramatic elements based on the book Darwin by Adrian Desmond and James Moore.
"Commemorating Charles Darwin's 200th birthday"--Container.
"As seen on Public Television"--Container.
Summary "For 21 years, Charles Darwin kept his theory of evolution secret from all but a few friends. He confided to one: "It's like confessing to a murder." His torment resonates in society today -- in the challenge his incredibly powerful idea poses to our understanding of our world and ourselves. Darwin's dangerous idea 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"--Container.
Note Special features: Access to the Evolution Web site featuring: interactive games, activities, and biographies; evolution library with video and audio segments, interviews, images, source documents, Web links, and additional resources; printable teacher's guide, evolution glossary and FAQs.
Subject Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Naturalists -- England.
Evolution (Biology)
Genre/Form Documentary television programs.
Television series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Akers, George.
Espar, David.
Lewis, Susan K.
Neeson, Liam.
Larkin, Christopher, 1934-
Cunliffe, Jane.
Tandy, Mark.
Schneider, Bernice.
Rutenbeck, James.
Audette, Steve.
Mirowitz, Sheldon.
Reid, Alastair.
Garmon, Linda.
Desmond, Adrian J., 1947- Darwin.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.). Science Unit.
Clear Blue Sky Productions.
WGBH Video (Firm)
Vulcan Productions.
Note Appears before title on title menu screen: Evolution, a journey into where we're from and where we're going
Added Title Evolution. Darwin's dangerous idea
Evolution (Television program)
ISBN 9781593758936
1593758936
Standard No. 783421431393
Music No. WG43139 WGBH Boston Video

 
    
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