Aristotle's Lagoon
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Aristole's Lagoon is a one-off TV documentary
presented by eminent biologist Armand Leroi. He traces Aristole's self-exile to the Greek island of Lesvos. Leroi explores how Aristole founded the modern scientific field of biology
. He points out that although scientists
and Aristole have not always been in agreement, Aristole made discoveries that were ignored till centuries later.
First Broadcast BBC Four
9:00PM Sunday 17th January 2011.
Documentary
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presented by eminent biologist Armand Leroi. He traces Aristole's self-exile to the Greek island of Lesvos. Leroi explores how Aristole founded the modern scientific field of biology
Biology
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. He points out that although scientists
Scientist
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and Aristole have not always been in agreement, Aristole made discoveries that were ignored till centuries later.
First Broadcast BBC Four
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....
9:00PM Sunday 17th January 2011.
External Links
- http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-biology/
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00q0hh2
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A676398