| Summary: | Science, history, and a personal quest come together in this thought-provoking feature-length documentary. Inspired by a special event in the sky - the Transit of Venus - award-winning writer and artist Dylan Horrocks takes us on a fascinating journey which ranges from the beginnings of science to the latest cutting-edge discoveries in astronomy, genetics and nano-science. Along the way, this unique film explores the world inside the atom, the origins of the human race, and the existence of planets circling round other stars. Dylan has a personal reason for his quest because he believes he may be related to Jeremiah Horrocks, the young pioneer of science who was the first person to predict and observe the Transit of Venus in 1639. And he is fascinated by the story of how Captain Cook's first expedition to the Pacific, as a scientific expedition to observe the 1769 Transit of Venus, led to the discovery of New Zealand.
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