Science and Wonder: Rapture
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Short films by award-winning filmmakers, as part of TED Talks: Science and Wonder.
In early 2015, Dr. Oliver Sacks learned that his ocular melanoma had metastasized to his liver. Shot in the last months of his life, this film illuminates Sacks’s searching curiosity, extraordinary powers of observation, compassion, and ability to find joy and beauty in science and in the world around him.
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TED Talks: Science and Wonder is a co-production of TED and ITVS in partnership with PBS, and is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Science and Wonder: Rapture
Clip: Episode 1 | 6m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
In early 2015, Dr. Oliver Sacks learned that his ocular melanoma had metastasized to his liver. Shot in the last months of his life, this film illuminates Sacks’s searching curiosity, extraordinary powers of observation, compassion, and ability to find joy and beauty in science and in the world around him.
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