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. |
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Dramatic elements based on the book Darwin by Adrian Desmond and James Moore. |
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"Commemorating Charles Darwin's 200th birthday"--Container. |
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"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. |
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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.
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Naturalists -- England.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Television series.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Akers, George.
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Espar, David.
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Lewis, Susan K.
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Neeson, Liam.
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Larkin, Christopher, 1934-
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Cunliffe, Jane.
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Tandy, Mark.
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Schneider, Bernice.
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Rutenbeck, James.
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Audette, Steve.
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Mirowitz, Sheldon.
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Reid, Alastair.
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Garmon, Linda.
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Desmond, Adrian J., 1947-
Darwin.
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.). Science Unit.
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Clear Blue Sky Productions.
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WGBH Video (Firm)
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Vulcan Productions.
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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 |
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Evolution (Television program)
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ISBN |
9781593758936 |
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1593758936 |
Standard No. |
783421431393 |
Music No. |
WG43139 WGBH Boston Video |
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