
A Glorious Accident
Genres
Overview
One of the most interesting shows ever aired on public television was Wim Kayzer's interviews with six leading intellectuals who represented both the mainstream academic (Stephen J. Gould, Freeman Dyson and Stephen Toulmin) and more or less, as it were, "eccentric" outside the box groundbreaking intellectuals (Oliver Sacks and Rupert Sheldrake). Kayzer interviews each of them (and philosopher Daniel Dennett) individually and then has the entire group sit in a kind of round-table seminar that he moderates and lets the ideas fly.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
$0
Runtime
750 min
Release Date
1993-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Dutch
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
8
Daniel C. Dennett
Freeman Dyson
Stephen Jay Gould
Wim Kayzer
Oliver Sacks
Rupert Sheldrake
Stephen Toulmin
George Page
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