Format:
Video disc
Title:
Unlocking the hidden history of DNA
ISBN:
9781629979540
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publication:
Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses, [2020]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 151 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Series title(s):
General Note:
12 lectures (approximately 30 minutes each).
Title from container.
Program content: ©2020.
"Course No. 10020."
Contents:
disc 1. Genes versus DNA ; The quest for DNA's structure ; The double helix revealed ; From genetic codes to DNA fingerprints ; The war over the human genome ; How DNA controls itself and shapes our culture -- disc 2. Microbes manipulate us, viruses are us ; How epigenetics turns genes on and off ; Apes, humans, and Neanderthals ; How DNA reveals history ; CRISPR's rise, promise, and peril ; How DNA redefines medicine and our future.
Summary:
Assuming the viewer has no background in science, these twelve half-hour lectures cover the fundamental properties of DNA, the techniques that have unraveled its mysteries, the exciting revelations that have come to light, and the stories of the all-too-human scientists involved. Witty and informative, the lectures are delivered by science writer and podcaster Sam Kean, author of the bestseller The Violinist's Thumb.
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