Unlocking the hidden history of DNA.
Unlocking the hidden history of DNA.
- 2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 151 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
- The great courses. Science. Biology. .
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Title from container. "Course No. 10020."
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 -- 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. disc 1: disc 2:
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.
DVD.
9781629979540 1629979546
10020 Teaching Company
DNA.
DNA--History.
Educational films.
Lectures.
Nonfiction films.
Title from container. "Course No. 10020."
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 -- 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. disc 1: disc 2:
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.
DVD.
9781629979540 1629979546
10020 Teaching Company
DNA.
DNA--History.
Educational films.
Lectures.
Nonfiction films.