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• Actors: Dr. Paul Davies, Dr. John Wheeler, Dr. David Deutsch, Dr. Dennis Sciama, Dr. Frank Tipler
• Format: Color, Full length, NTSC, Full Screen, Director's Cut
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Run Time: 40 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000LTV6AI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,359 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Since Copernicus' revolution, science has tended to grant less and less significance to both the earth and human life when weighed against the age and immensity of the cosmos. Not only doesn't the sun revolve around us, it turns out that our world is merely a speck floating in a dark backwater of one galaxy among one hundred billion others. And man, Darwin and his followers tell us, is a cosmic accident; the result of matter plus time plus chance. But a new revolution has been quietly taking place. Science is discovering more and more evidence for design and intentionality in the universe. And among the most fascinating of these discoveries is what has been called The Anthropic Principle: the idea that the universe appears to have been carefully engineered in order to produce carbon-based life forms and, yes, even man. In this fascinating documentary, eight world-renowned scientists grapple with the science and implications of this principle and conclude that Shakespeare may well have been right: There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy. This 50 minute program features: ? Dr. Paul Davies, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Newcastle University ? Dr. John Wheeler, Professor of Physics, University of Texas, Austin ? Dr. David Deutsch, Professor of Physics, Oxford University ? Dr. Dennis Sciama, Professor of Astrophysics, Cambridge University ? Dr. Frank Tipler, Professor of Mathematical Physics, Tulane University ? Dr. Martin Rees, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University ? Dr. Michael Redhead, Professor of Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University ? Dr. Brandon Carter, Professor, Paris Observatory

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23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A LONG-LOST TREASURE - FOUND!!, December 12, 2006

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SUCCISA VIRESCIT (Brentwood, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Anthropic Principle - New DVD - Outstanding Primer on Intelligent Design (DVD)

I heard about this years ago and spent more than a little time trying to track down a copy -- with no success. (Why the BBC drops so many of their productions I will never understand. They also did a great piece on one of my heroes, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, that appears to have also quietly dissappeared.) Anyway, I was thrilled to get my hands on a copy and find that is completely lives up to its reputation. As a Christian who is active in apologetics, this has quickly become one of my favorite tools. Note: I took away a star only because some people may be put off a bit by the datedness of the interviewees (it was produced in 1988). It is not so much their ideas (which are still extremely relevant) but their appearances! Proves the old maxim that great intelligence and an acute sense of style (check out the haircuts) don't necesarrily go hand-in-hand!)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very very thought provoking, September 16, 2011

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raddog - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Anthropic Principle - New DVD - Outstanding Primer on Intelligent Design (DVD)

I've just watched and it's brilliant viewing. It's very very thought provoking. Please remove the Intelligent Design tag from this DVD listing though. It has absolutely nothing to do with 'Intelligent Design'. This is an explanation of a scientific theory that puts the observer in a very special place. This does not necessarily suggest a God, and it absolutely certainly could never be used to somehow give scientific reasoning to any human religion. Fantasy is fantasy. Science is science.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing - drop the' Inteligent Design tag though', February 25, 2011

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This review is from: The Anthropic Principle - New DVD - Outstanding Primer on Intelligent Design (DVD)

I originally saw this 20 odd years ago. It was produced Horizon on BBC TVv in the UK where I live. It made quite an impression on me

It certainly makes you think. The universe certainly is strange and it raises some quite profound implications.

But why did the sellers have to add the tag to this ? - An Intelligent design primer ? Probably because they have a religious bias. That is someones 'opinion' NOT the title.

This is a SCIENCE type video. And yes after watching it you may conclude lots of things. But please don't add the 'intelligent design' b******t tag to this.

In an infinite universe there are infinite possibilities.