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Professor Brian Cox asks what is life and how did it begin?

Professor Brian Cox explores the globe to reveal how a few fundamental laws of science gave birth to the most complex and unique feature of the universe - life.

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Brian Cox explores how Earth became host to the incredible natural world we see today.

In this film specially edited for schools, Professor Brian Cox discovers how a few fundamental laws gave birth to the most complex, diverse and unique force in the universe.

There are thought to be as many as 100 million different species on Earth, but every one of them has sprung from just a single life brought into existence by the same laws that govern how our universe itself behaves. In this film, Professor Brian Cox discovers how a few fundamental laws gave birth to the most complex, diverse and unique force in the universe.

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