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Metamorphosis: The Science of Change

Film-maker David Malone explores the science behind metamorphosis, the amazing transformation of one creature into a totally different being. How does it happen and why?

Metamorphosis seems like the ultimate evolutionary magic trick, the amazing transformation of one creature into a totally different being: one life, two bodies.

From Ovid and Kafka to X-Men, tales of metamorphosis richly permeate human culture. The myth of transformation is so common that it seems almost preprogrammed into our imagination. But is the scientific fact of metamorphosis just as strange as fiction or... even stranger?

Film-maker David Malone explores the science behind metamorphosis. How does it happen and why? And might it even, in some way, happen to us?

59 minutes

Last on

Tue 29 Oct 2019 22:30
大象传媒 Four

  • Stuart Reynolds of the University of Bath writes about Metamorphosis.

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Music Played

  • The Cinematic Orchestra

    Regen (feat. Grey Reverend)

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Metamorphosis聽is part of a special season of programmes supersizing the insect world. Discover the other programmes in the season below鈥�

  • - The secret, underground world of the ant colony is revealed.
  • - Steve Backshall explores the world of insects and their close relatives.
  • 聽- Follow聽their聽3,000 mile journey.
  • 聽- Celebrating amateur naturalist聽& filmmaker Percy Smith.
  • 聽- Uncovering ingenious body systems and finely tuned senses.
  • - A seamless combination of animation and real life.
  • - Stefan Gates investigates.

Credits

Presenter David Malone
Writer David Malone
Producer David Briggs
Director David Briggs
Executive Producer Marcus Herbert
Production Manager Lisa Moultrie

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Related Links

  • (www.wellcome.ac.uk)
  • (digitalcollections.stlawu.edu)
  • (www.kafka-online.info)