NOVA - Genius: The Science of Einstein, Newton, Darwin, and Galileo
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Actor: NovaBrand: WGBH BOSTON VIDEO
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 420 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-03-28
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: WGBH Boston
Movie Reviews of NOVA - Genius: The Science of Einstein, Newton, Darwin, and Galileo
Movie Review: Fabulous!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a fabulous set of DVD's which explain some the greatest scientific ideas in history and the individuals who authored them. I ony wish each episode were longer in duration and deeper in content.
One reviewer asks why Darwin is included in this set. Although Darwin did not invent the idea of evolution, he did articulate a mechanism by which it operates: natural selection. A preponderance of evidence supports natural seletion as one of, but perhaps not the only, mechanism to explain evolution.
It is true, however, that Darwin's theory has not been "proved". It is a cornerstone of science that a theory can never be proved, only disproved. At best, a theory can only be said to be consistent with the known evidence. But no other theory of evolution or creation stands on as sound a footing as natural selection.
Darwin often is discounted by those who disfavour a world based on reason, preferring instead to accept one of the many forms of religious mythology. But this does not disprove Darwin's writings as a comprehensive framework for biology, a framework which is yet to be developed for physics. The ideas of Galileo, Newton and Einstein no doubt will be key pillars of the latter framework.
Summary of NOVA - Genius: The Science of Einstein, Newton, Darwin, and Galileo
Nearly seven hours of fascinating informative science programming is presented here including the four NOVA shows EINSTEIN'S BIG IDEA NEWTON'S DARK SECRETS DARWIN'S DANGEROUS IDEA and GALILEO'S BATTLE FOR THE HEAVENS.System Requirements:Running Time 420 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 783421408791 Manufacturer No: WG40879Documentary DVD Video
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