Waking Up in the Universe (5 Parts)

Synopsis: The 162nd Royal Institution Christmas lectures, in which Dr Richard Dawkins updates Darwin’s theories.
1: Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution and natural selection.
2: The complexity of natural ‘machines’ such as the bird’s wing and the eye.
3: Darwin’s discovery of natural selection, which Dawkins believes to be the greatest idea ever to occur to a human.
4: An examination of genes.
5: Argues that bodies are survival machines for their genes.
Series: Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, The: Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 5 x 60 min.
Year of production: 1991
Availability: Sale; 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive) (set)
Notes: Broadcast on BBC 2 daily from 30/12/91.
Subjects: Biology
Keywords: Darwin, Charles; evolution; genes; natural selection

Director

Stuart McDonald

Producer

Richard Melman; William Woollard

Cast

Richard Dawkins

Title: Waking up in the universe
Synopsis: 1: Charles Darwin's theories of evolution and natural selection.
Title: Designed and designoid objects
Synopsis: 2: The complexity of natural 'machines' such as the bird's wing and the eye.
Title: Climbing Mount Improbable
Synopsis: 3: Darwin's discovery of natural selection, which Dawkins believes to be the greatest idea ever to occur to a human.
Title: Ultraviolet garden, The
Synopsis: 4: An examination of genes.
Title: Genesis of purpose, The
Synopsis: 5: Argues that bodies are survival machines for their genes.

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