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The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion

Michael Mosley

Peter Oxley

John Lynch

Aidan Laverty

The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion: Episode 3: How Did We Get Here?

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Episode 3: How Did We Get Here?

BBC Two - The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion, How Did We Get Here?

Michael Mosley tells how scientists came to explain the diversity of life on earth.

Documentary series. Michael Mosley reveals how the history of all life on earth, including us, is connected to the long and violent history of our planet.

Michael Mosley takes an informative and ambitious journey exploring how the evolution of scientific understanding is intimately interwoven with society's historical path. 

The question of our human origins is one of the most controversial science has wrestled with. This is the story of how scientists came to explain the beauty and diversity of life on earth, and reveal how its evolution is connected to the long and violent history of our planet. Featuring ocean adventurers, eccentric French aristocrats, mountain climbers, a secret Victorian publisher with 12 fingers, a ridiculed German meteorologist, and only a brief hint of Charles Darwin.

BBC Two

BBC Two is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964.

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BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Michael Mosley explores how history shaped science, and science made history

Michael Mosley takes an informative and ambitious journey exploring how the evolution of scientific understanding is intimately interwoven with society's historical path

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