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Symbiotic earth : how Lynn Margulis rocked the boat and started a scientific revolution / Hummingbird Films ; a film by John Feldman ; script, John Feldman ; producer, Susan Davies.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Margulis, Lynn, 1938-2011.
- Margulis, Lynn.
- Women biologists--United States--Biography.
- Women biologists.
- Symbiosis.
- Evolution (Biology).
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (147 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2018]
- Language Note:
- Closed captioning available.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Symbiotic Earth is the story of a scientific rebel. A model of female empowerment, Lynn Margulis fought the male establishment and, through her persistence, triumphed. As a young scientist in the 1960s, Margulis was ridiculed when she articulated a theory that symbiosis was a key driver of evolution. Instead of the mechanistic view that life evolved solely through random genetic mutations and competition, she presented a symbiotic narrative in which bacteria joined together to create the complex cells that formed animals, plants, and all other organisms. The idea that all of life is deeply interconnected and collaborative has radical implications for how we look at our selves, evolution, and the environment.
- Participant:
- Narrator, John Feldman.
- Credits:
- Camera, editor, John Feldman ; music, Sheila Silver.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed Juen 21, 2018).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-sym Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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