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Unlocking the hidden history of DNA [videorecording (DVD)] / Sam Kean.

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Teaching Company, 2020.

DVD 572.86 K24u

DNA -- History.

Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. Biology.

Great courses (DVD)

Alternate title:

Great Courses. Unlocking the hidden history of DNA [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] /

2 videodiscs (360 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 151 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)

Course No. 10020.

"12 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container.

Closed-captioned.

Disc 1: Genes versus DNA -- The quest for DNA's structure -- The double Helix revealed -- From genetic codes to DNA finger prints -- 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.

Lecturer: Sam Kean, science writer.

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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