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Two DVD Set
The Privileged Planet
Many scientists and philosophers have claimed that Earth is an ordinary speck of dust adrift, without purpose or significance, in a vast cosmic sea. Yet current astronomical evidence seems to suggest just the opposite.
We now know that a rare and finely tuned array of factors makes the Earth suitable for complex life. We depend on our planet's oxygen-rich atmosphere, its large moon, its planetary neighbors, and its precise location within the solar system and Milky Way galaxy. But there is more. The same factors that make a planet like Earth hospitable to life also provide the best conditions for scientific discovery.
Through stunning computer animation, interviews with leading scientists, and spectacular images of Earth and the cosmos, The Privileged Planet explores a startling connection between our capacity to survive and our ability to observe and understand the universe.
Is this correlation merely a coincidence? Or does it point to a deeper truth about purpose and intelligent design within the cosmos?
Narrated by John Rhys-Davies (The Lord of the Rings)
The Privileged Planet Features:
- The search for Earth-like planets
- Journey to the edge of the universe
- Questions and answers
- Earth from space
- Reference library
Technical Specifications:
- 60 minutes
- Producer: Illustra Media, 2004
- Region Encoding: Region 1 (Canada & US)
- Fullscreen - 1.33:1
Unlocking the Mystery of Life
In 1859, Charles Darwin published, On the Origin of Species. In it, he argued that all of life on earth was the product of undirected natural processes. Time, chance, and natural selection. Since Darwin, biologists have relied on such processes to account for the origin of living things. Yet today, this approach is being challenged as never before.
Unlocking the Mystery of Life is the story of contemporary scientists who are advancing a powerful, but controversial, idea—the theory of "intelligent design." It is a theory based upon compelling biochemical evidence. Through state-of-the-art computer animation, Unlocking the Mystery of Life transports you into the interior of the living cell to explore systems and machines that bear the unmistakable hallmarks of design. Discover the intricacy of a microscopic bacterial rotary motor, which spins at 100,000 rpm.
Within the nucleus explore the wonder of DNA, a threadlike molecule that stores instructions to build the essential components of every living organism. It is part of a biological information processing system more complex and more powerful than any computer network.
This remarkable documentary examines the scientific case for intelligent design -- an idea with the power to revolutionize our understanding of life...and to unlock the mystery of its origin.
Length: 65 minutes
Producer: Illustra Media, 2002
UPC: 804671114093
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