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Evolution: Darwin's Dangerous Idea
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Program Overview
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For 21 years, Charles Darwin kept his theory of evolution secret
from all but a few friends. He confided to one: "It is like
confessing to a murder." His torment resonates in society
today—in the challenge his incredibly powerful idea poses to
our understanding of our world and ourselves. This program
interweaves the drama in key moments of Darwin's life with
documentary sequences of current research, linking past to present
and introducing major concepts of evolutionary theory. It also
explores why Darwin's "dangerous idea" matters perhaps even more
today than it did in his own time, and how the idea conveys the
power of science to explain the past and predict the future of life
on Earth.
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