The Genius of Charles Darwin
2008 · 139 MIN · IMDB 8.4 · 1,011 VOTES · DIR. Russell Barnes
Overview
A documentary series from Channel 4, hosted by professor Richard Dawkins, well-known darwinist. The series mixes segments on the life and discoveries of Charles Darwin, the theory of natural selection and evolution, and Dawkins' attempts at convincing a group of school children that evolution explains the world around us better than any religion.
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00:00:00 This series is about perhaps the most powerful idea
00:02:30 each made by God according to his perfect, unchanging design.
00:04:23 is because that's the one you were told first?
00:05:55 'There's only one thing for it -
00:08:00 and once separated, started to develop in their own way?
00:10:15 the fossils closely resembled in every other detail
00:12:24 Back in the 19th century, lots and lots of people
00:14:16 The fish gradually changed into amphibians, changed into reptiles
00:16:47 Long before the days of the internet, of course
00:18:48 and the life we can actually see around us
00:20:22 But how had this happened? Why hadn't creatures stayed the same?
00:22:18 devoured books on breeding and attended numerous pigeon shows.
00:24:22 For 20 years, he had pieced together evidence that proved the fact of evolution
00:26:39 and how this would inevitably be stopped by food shortage and disease.
00:29:06 "preserving and adding up all that is good
00:31:17 Mankind is certainly not immune to the nightmare Darwin called
00:33:16 in the sex worker population
00:35:36 He was an extraordinarily imaginative, deep thinker.
00:37:45 It was entirely real, um, and this is a very strange point about him.
00:40:19 why they didn't become diluted by interbreeding.
00:42:19 this unlocked the ultimate proof of Darwin's Tree of Life.
00:44:08 inside every one of its cells
00:45:53 to the wonderful reality of life and, at the very least
02:00:00 was among the first scientists
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Production Record
DirectorRussell Barnes
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,011