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This programme is a film of a Royal Institution Discourse explaining the 'Origins Of Life', given by Prof. John MAYNARD SMITH, Sussex Univerity.> sp s vt, cprt slides
- Programme: The Learning Zone
- Series: RI Lecture
- Episode: The Origins Of Life
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1996
- Science
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