- Break the Science Barrier
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name = Break the Science Barrier
caption = Cover of the DVD released by The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science
director =
producer =John Gau
writer =Richard Dawkins
starring = Richard Dawkins,Douglas Adams ,David Attenborough ,Jocelyn Bell Burnell
music =Paddy Kingsland
cinematography =Bob Jones ,Sam Montague
editing =John Hackney
distributor =Channel 4 (television), The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (DVD)
released =1996 (television),February 7 ,2008 (DVD)
runtime = 50 mins. approx.
country =United Kingdom
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language = English
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imdb_id ="Break the Science Barrier" is a television documentary written and presented by
Richard Dawkins , which promotes the viewpoint that scientific endeavour is not only useful, but also intellectually stimulating and exciting.cite web | url=http://richarddawkins.net/article,2234,BREAK-THE-SCIENCE-BARRIER---Available-Now-on-DVD,RichardDawkinsnet | title=Break the Science Barrier DVD release notice | publisher=RichardDawkins.net | date=2008-03-01] Featuring interviews with many well-known figures from the world of science and beyond, it was originally broadcast onChannel 4 in theUnited Kingdom - the first of a series of collaborations between Dawkins and the station - before being released onDVD more than a decade later. The documentary contains many of the themes later expounded in his book "Unweaving the Rainbow ", which was published two years after the initial broadcast.References
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