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Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions
Language
English
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The silly true story of how Darwin discovered that the earthworm is one of the most important species on the planet. Without their life-sustaining poop, there would be no plants or animals on Earth. A scholarly worm gives historical facts and context on every page.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Darwin's revolution in thought using evolutionary biology, history of science, and social history as his canvas, Gould paints the fascinating picture of how human biases (philosophical, cultural, and spiritual) have continued to resist Darwin's theory, inverting it into its own philosophical opposite. "If there's one thing we desperately want evolution to be, it's a principle that predicts progress ... but it just isn't so."-- Stephen Jay Gould. For...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A single great idea: the theory of natural selection. With it, Charles Darwin shattered existing notions of the natural world by demonstrating how complexity could arise as a result of a blind and mechanistic sorting process, without an "intelligent designer". Now, join Daniel Dennett as he illuminates the radical nature of Darwin's dangerous idea. Setting his stage, Dennett illustrates why skeptics insist that beyond "gradual change" evolution must...
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English
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Darwin{u2019}s revolutionary career is the perfect vehicle for historian Paul Johnson. Marked by the insightful observation, spectacular wit, and highly readable prose for which Johnson is so well regarded, Darwin brings the gentleman-scientist and his times brilliantly into focus. From Darwin{u2019}s birth into great fortune to his voyage aboard the Beagle, to the long-delayed publication of his masterpiece, Johnson delves into what made this Victorian...
Series
Evolution volume ep. 1
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the major concepts of evolution (species diversity, adaptation, natural selection, etc.) through a dramatization of the key moments of Darwin's life interwoven with documentary sequences of current research, linking past to present.
13) Charles Darwin
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Series
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution caused both outrage and wonder, and quickly made him one of the most famous men in history. From his five-year voyage across the high seas to 20 years of research, follow Darwin on his adventure to prove a theory that would change the world.--
Publisher
Siren Visual [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
150 years ago in 1859, Charles Darwin published Origin of Species - and nothing would ever be the same again. Evolution by natural selection is probably the most powerful idea anyone ever had. In this three-part series, Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary scientist and bestselling author, takes us on a journey of discovery. How does evolution work? How do we know it's true, and why do some people still deny it? As evolved creatures, do we have to be...
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