03: Endless Forms Most Beautiful | Wonders of Life

Duration: 59'12''

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Professor Brian Cox asks how, from a lifeless cosmos ruled by the laws of physics and chemistry, it is possible that a planet can produce so much wonderful, varied biology.

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