Comments on: Allan Wilson - Evolutionary

By: Send this DVD to our schools « Open Parachute

Send this DVD to our schools « Open Parachute — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:06:58 +0000

[...] While Rutherford is possibly the most well known New Zealand scientist there are many more we should celebrate. That’s why this documentary is so welcome. It describes the contribution of a scientist most New Zealanders are completely unaware of. Yet his contribution to the science of molecular evolution is responsible for so many amazing discoveries. Damian briefly describes some in his post Allan Wilson - Evolutionary. [...]

By: servant

servant — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:32:46 +0000

Thanks for posting that, Damian.

Sorry I didn’t get back to you about it. I ended up spending most of last week sick and fighting a wicked cough…. I would have been the worst person to sit with in a screening. The cough is only just now dissipating after being consistently annoying for almost two weeks.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:38:26 +0000

No - I’m not in Auckland.
I hope TVNZ will screen it soon but I understand they are currently not interested in buying it. There’s not much chance of it being shown in Hamilton, although you would think someone would promote the local link.

By: Damian

Damian — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:16:10 +0000

Thanks for that. Did you get a chance to see it yourself Ken?

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:25:11 +0000

Great minds and all that! - I was also planning a post on Allan Wilson.

However, I did find a short (10 min) piece (probably a teaser for the film) which people might find interesting. I have put it up in google at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-110052181152893789&hl=en.