Nova - The Miracle of Life

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Summary: Classic educational film
Review: I have used this video in teaching college courses many times over the past ten years - there is no better film showing the development of sperm and egg, the journey of the sperm to the egg, and mystery of how they join. It is NOT primarily about prenatal development or childbirth. It is about the incredible feat of conception itself. My only beef is that it incorrectly states the prostate to be the major source of seminal fluid (only 30% is from there - 70% is from the seminal vesicles).

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Summary: Shows the Profound Spirituality of Science
Review: I saw this movie many times in school as a child, and to this day it still astounds me. It has always provided fuel for my intense awe of the beauty of evolution, and its profound magic and wonder. That we have managed to evolve over thousands and millions of years from cells to the complexity of what we are today fills me with an appreciation of the higher and deeper power in our world, our true Creator, connecting everything. Now that I am pregnant, I am honored to be reproducing the process of evolution within my own body. I will be watching this video again and again.

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Summary: Truly a miracle...
Review: The cinematography of this video is truly breathtaking. A learning process from beginning to end. Everytime I watch this video, I am constantly amazed and how the photographer was able to capture the events of conception. A masterpiece!

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Summary: Only 15 min of fetal development
Review: The video was detailed and provided insightful information into fetal development, but I was very disappointed that the first 45 minutes covers pre-conception information and only 15 minutes covers the entire gestational period with less than 3 minutes dedicated to birth. I watched the last 15 minutes over and over, but I really felt that the first 3/4 of the video was wasted.

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Summary: Amazing
Review: This is a startlingly close look at the making of a baby, and really makes you realize how beautiful life is. My big concern is its imablance--lots of footage of pre-conception and conception, and then only a few images of the embryo and fetus, and an unsatisfyingly quick overview of the birth. The early parts got me excited about life, and then the sudden ending left me empty. I wish they had covered all the stages of "the miracle of life" in equal depth, and made the film longer. In other words, this is a remarkable study of the earliest stages of pregnancy only.

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Summary: Little Disappointed
Review: This is an amazing video that focuses primarily on fertilization (with actual footage of the ejaculation) and the beginning of life and disappointingly only a few minutes of a developing baby in the womb and the birth. Of course, Nova couldn't create a documentary on life without including their take on evolution and how something as complex as a human being evolved from some soupy stuff billions of years ago. If you believe differently than Nova and/or you are a cautious parent, you may want to think twice before letting your kids ,of any age, view this video.

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Summary: Now you will know that the Almighty is truly behind all this
Review: This is no fake thing! That truly was a little capture of the works and art of the great God that we serve. He is a supreme scientist, architect and he is so great. It gets to the point where modern science cannot go further with their bogus explanations. The miracle, is there and it is beyond comments and explanations. Go and see for your self, GOD IS GREAT and we must serve him.

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Summary: Very Educational and in good taste!
Review: This is the neatest video I've ever seen. It shows just how an egg is fertilized, the odds the sperm have of getting to it, the early growth of the egg, and through the gestational 9 months. I had to buy this video because it is something you can watch over and over and be totally amazed! I think you'll enjoy this video-it's worth every cent and then some!

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Summary: this video was a eye opener
Review: This video should be seen by every adult. Birth was a mystery for some, until now.

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Summary: Disgusted
Review: This video was shown in my 9th/10th grade Biology class. It was completely inappropriate for people my age. The view of a male's [reproductive part] inside a women's [reproductive part] was so not necessary. It was not a drawing, but a real picture through a camera. The real live birth uncensored was also inappropriate. THey don't even show that on the discovery channel uncensored. Also the heat image of a [male reproductive part] becoming erect, 14-16 yr olds don't need to see that!