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Kean, Sam.
DNA.
DNA -- History.
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Unlocking the hidden history of DNA [videorecording (
DVD
)] / Sam Kean.
by
Kean, Sam.
Teaching Company, 2020.
Call #:
DVD
572
.86
K24u
Subjects
DNA.
DNA -- History.
Series
Great courses (
DVD
). Science & mathematics. Biology.
Great courses (
DVD
)
ISBN:
9781629979540
Alternate title:
Great Courses. Unlocking the hidden history of DNA [videorecording (
DVD
)]
Format:
[videorecording (
DVD
)] /
Description:
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 151 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Notes:
Course No. 10020.
"12 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container.
Home use only.
Closed-captioned.
Contents:
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.
Performers:
Lecturer: Sam Kean, science writer.
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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Filmed lectures.
Educational films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs.
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Teaching Company.
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