Expanding Universe • episode "S1E2" • Wonders of Life

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Prof Brian Cox visits the USA retelling evolutionary history and the origin of the senses.

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Wonders of Life • 5 episodes •

What is Life
59:28
What is Life

Professor Brian Cox journeys to South-East Asia to understand how life first began.

Nature

Expanding Universe
59:10
Expanding Universe

Prof Brian Cox visits the USA retelling evolutionary history and the origin of the senses.

Nature

Endless Forms Most Beautiful
59:01
Endless Forms Most Beautiful

In this film Brian asks how a lifeless cosmos can produce a planet of such varied biology.

Nature

Size Matters
58:39
Size Matters

In this episode, Brian travels round Australia to explore the physics of the size of life.

Nature

Home
58:31
Home

Brian Cox considers what it is about our world that makes it a home for life.

Nature

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