What Is the Secret of Life? A History of Biology and Genetics
Description
This program tells the story of how the secret of life has been pursued through the ages, using the prism of the most complex organism known-the human body. It begins with Galen's attempts to save the lives of gladiators in ancient Rome, continues with the macabre dissections and near-perfect drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, explores the idea of electricity as a "life force," and ventures into the microscopic realm of the cell. The film also connects a moral crisis triggered by work on the nuclear bomb with one of the greatest breakthroughs in biology-understanding the structure and workings of DNA.
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50 min
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Date of Publication
[2011], c2010
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