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Unlocking the mystery of life [DVD] [videorecording] : the scientific case for intelligent design / Illustra Media.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmSeries: Intelligent design trilogy ; v. 1.Publication details: [Murrieta, Calif.] : Illustra Media, 2002.Edition: Special edDescription: 1 videodisc (65 min.) : sd. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued on VHS.
Contents:
Introduction -- Darwin's theory -- Doubts about Darwinism -- Irreducible complexity -- Co-option -- How did life begin? -- Proteins -- DNA -- Chance and natural selection -- Cell factory -- The design inference -- Bonus features. What Darwin saw : wildlife of the Galapagos -- Darwin and design : questions and answers -- Reference library -- Scientists and scholars -- Internet resources.
Production credits:
  • Executive producer: James W. Adams ; producers and directors: Lad Allen, Timothy Eaton.
Narrator: Ed Ragozzino.Summary: 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 cell 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. - Publisher.
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Introduction -- Darwin's theory -- Doubts about Darwinism -- Irreducible complexity -- Co-option -- How did life begin? -- Proteins -- DNA -- Chance and natural selection -- Cell factory -- The design inference -- Bonus features. What Darwin saw : wildlife of the Galapagos -- Darwin and design : questions and answers -- Reference library -- Scientists and scholars -- Internet resources.

Executive producer: James W. Adams ; producers and directors: Lad Allen, Timothy Eaton.

Narrator: Ed Ragozzino.

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 cell 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. - Publisher.

Also issued on VHS.

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