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Unlocking the hidden history of DNA.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 10020 | Teaching CompanySeries: Great courses (DVD). Science. Biology.Publisher: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Company, 2020Copyright date: ℗2020Description: 2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 151 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781629979540
  • 1629979546
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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.
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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Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 572.86 U58 Available 33111009911500
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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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"Course No. 10020."

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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