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• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: Charlie Rose
• DVD Release Date: September 18, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000IU36BM
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #283,762 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Scientist/Historian Frank Sulloway of MIT, discusses his argument, as detailed in his new book Born to Rebel, that the foremost engine of historical change is birth order, with first borns defending the status quo and siblings later challenging it. Then, actor Steve Buscemi, made famous by his roles in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, and the Coen brothers' Fargo, speaks about trying his hand at screenwriting and directing, with his new film, Tree's Lounge. After, Michael Novacek of the American Museum of Natural History discusses his book, Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs, in which he recounts his 1993 expedition to search for fossils in the Gobi Desert.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Sulloway segment, December 1, 2007

By	Shalom Freedman "Shalom Freedman" (Jerusalem,Israel) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

The first- borns are conformists, defenders of the status quo and the youngest are rebels seeking parental attention and favor by doing something beyond the expected. According to Sulloway the great scientific rebels like Darwin are the younger children, Darwin being the fifth of seven. But what to do with the fact that arguably the two greatest scientists of all time , Newton and Einstein were first borns?
Sulloway spent twenty- six years researching the project and obviously believes that 'Birth order is destiny'. But there are just too many exceptions to accept this readily. Rose is here a bit too accomodating and should have asked harder questions.