''Break the Science Barrier'' is a 1996 television

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written and presented by

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, which promotes the viewpoint that scientific endeavour is not only useful, but also intellectually stimulating and exciting. Featuring interviews with many well-known figures from the world of science and beyond, it was originally broadcast on

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in the United Kingdom — the first of a series of collaborations between Dawkins and the station — before being released on

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more than a decade later. The documentary contains many of the themes later expounded in his book '' Unweaving the Rainbow'', which was published two years after the initial broadcast.

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