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Video, 1 hr

Great Ideas of Biology

Nobel Prize winner Sir Paul Nurse explores genes, evolution and cells, three ideas that changed how we understand biology and life.

What are the ideas that changed how we understand life?

In this talk, Nobel Prize winner Sir Paul Nurse explores three ideas at the heart of modern biology: gene theory, evolution and the idea that the cell is the fundamental unit of life.

He looks at how these ideas changed the way scientists think about living things and helped shape our understanding of biology today.

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Correct as of content publication - 10/10/2015

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