| View Larger Image | NOVA - Genius: The Science of Einstein, Newton, Darwin, and Galileo | DVDStarring: Stacy Keach; Peter Thomas (VI); Don Wescott
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| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 420 minutes | | Format: | Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Studio: | WGBH Boston | | Number of Discs: | 4 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.33:1 | | Release Date: | March 28, 2006 | | Sales Rank: | 38,008th |
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DVD set that includes Einstein's Big Idea, Newton's Dark Secrets, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, and Galileo's Battle for the Heavens. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 9 reviews)
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Nova - Genius by Royce Russell (New York City)  5 Stars
September 02, 2009
Great collection of scientists, their specific place in the course of history, and the great contributions that they made. Another stellar NOVA product !!!
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On the subject of integrity apart from this video. by Garrett Archer (Stockton, CA)  1 Stars
August 27, 2009
I find it repugnant that year after year that a man like Charles Darwin is heralded as a genius and a great man. He had several vices that if he were a contemporary and these vices were popularly known today, he would be torn to pieces. First off, the full title of his now infamous book "The Origin of Species" is actually "The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life." The title alone would cause people to cringe and shrink away from this work if it had been written today, whether his theories were correct or not. He also married his first cousin, and because of this whenever 1 or more of his 10 children fell ill, he feared that they might have inherited weaknesses from inbreeding due to the close family ties he shared with his wife and cousin, Emma Wedgwood. He also was very open about his poor view of women (as compared to his high praise of men) in his work "The Descent of Man." So, from this, you could say he was racist, incestuous, and a sexist. What a lovely human being to hold up as a great man. Why do we go beyond celebrating ideas and celebrate this man who we would not want in our own home?
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Great Sub Material! by snake plisken (Jacksonville, TX USA) 5 Stars
June 04, 2009
I teach High School Science and this was just what I needed. I had to attend numerous conferences this year, sometimes for a couple of days at a time. All of the films are highly entertaining and informative. The price was great to get them all together and I didn't have to go through PBS to get them piecemeal. The highlights were Galileo's Battle for the Heaven's and Einstein's Big Idea (I often will play the scenes of Lavoisier and Faraday's stories when the topics of Conservation of Mass and Faraday's Electromagnetic Induction come up).
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Perfect Title For These Great Men by GAG (home) 5 Stars
January 18, 2009
Well produced videos with amazing subject matter.Nova has done some beautiful work here.
For those of you whose faith will not allow them to accept evolution, you should still quite enjoy the other three. You may even enjoy the drama of the disc on Darwin. It's a wonderful story.
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Informative but a bit slow. by Shawn Montgomery  3 Stars
July 27, 2008
There is loads of valuable info but the temptation to nod off is pretty high.
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