What is the Secret of Life? (5/6)
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| Subjects: Anatomy, Anthropology, Astronomy, Brain, Chemistry, Evolution, Genetics, History, Human Body, Neurology, Physics, Psychology, Science | ||||
It begins with attempts to save the lives of gladiators in Ancient Rome, unfolds with the macabre work and near-perfect drawings of Leonardo in the Renaissance, through the idea of the 'life force' of electricity, to the microscopic world of the cell. It reveals how a moral crisis unleashed by work on the nuclear bomb helped trigger a great breakthrough in biology - understanding the structure and workings of DNA. |
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