Wonders of Life

2013 - 2013

What Is Life?

27th January 2013

Episode 1

Professor Brian Cox journeys to Southeast Asia to see how life began on Earth and how the flow of energy created and supports life.

Expanding Universe

3rd February 2013

Episode 2

In the second episode, Brian travels to the U.S. to showcase how the laws of science allowed senses to arise.

Endless Forms Most Beautiful

10th February 2013

Episode 3

Brian travels to Africa and Madagascar to analyse why Earth is a fertile place and how it allows complex life to exist.

Size Matters

17th February 2013

Episode 4

The fourth episode sees Brian in Australia looking at how the size of life affects each plant and animal, and how long it can survive.

Home

24th February 2013

Episode 5

In the final episode, Cox explains what makes Earth a home for life and asks what ingredients were required for complex life to begin.

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Physicist and professor Brian Cox travels across the globe to uncover the secrets of the most extraordinary phenomenon in the universe: life.

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