BBC NEWS ONLINE: The lecture that changed biology

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Sixty years ago this week, one of the greatest British scientists, Francis Crick, gave a lecture in London in which he accurately predicted how genes work, setting the course for the genetic revolution we are now living through. Here, evolutionary biologist Professor Matthew Cobb from Manchester University unpicks the predictions that set a new course for how we understand the very stuff we are made from.

Period21 Sept 2017

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  • TitleThe lecture that changed biology
    Media name/outletBBC News Online
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date21/09/17
    DescriptionSixty years ago this week, one of the greatest British scientists, Francis Crick, gave a lecture in London in which he accurately predicted how genes work, setting the course for the genetic revolution we are now living through. Here, evolutionary biologist Professor Matthew Cobb from Manchester University unpicks the predictions that set a new course for how we understand the very stuff we are made from.
    URLwww.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41311087
    PersonsMatthew Cobb
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Keywords

  • biology
  • genetics
  • Francis Crick
  • history of science