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Every generation benefits from the insights and discoveries of the generations who came before. “If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants,” wrote Isaac Newton. In a special series, the World Science Festival invites audiences to stand on the shoulders of modern-day giants. The 2013 address was given by James Watson, Chancellor Emeritus of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, who, along with Francis Crick, stunned the world by cracking the code of life. Their Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the double helix in 1953 launched molecular biology and has had a breathtaking impact on modern science and medicine. Watson speaks about what he considers his “most important work since the double helix”—finding the elusive cure for cancer.Learn More
TOPICS: Biology & Origins of Life
TAGS: 2013, discovered the double helix, Dr. Watson, Francis Crick, full program, James Watson, modern-day science giants, molecular biologist, New York City, nobel prize, NYC, On the Shoulders of Giants
PLAYLISTS: Big Ideas, One on One with Genius
Video Duration: 01:08:08
Original Program Date: Saturday, June 1, 2013
Every generation benefits from the insights and discoveries of the generations who came before. “If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants,” wrote Isaac Newton. In a special series, the World Science Festival invites audiences to stand on the shoulders of modern-day giants. The 2013 address was given by James Watson, Chancellor Emeritus of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, who, along with Francis Crick, stunned the world by cracking the code of life. Their Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the double helix in 1953 launched molecular biology and has had a breathtaking impact on modern science and medicine. Watson speaks about what he considers his “most important work since the double helix”—finding the elusive cure for cancer.Learn More
TOPICS: Art & Science, Biology & Origins of Life, Earth & Environment, Mind & Brain, Physics & Math, Science in Society, Science Unplugged, Space & The Cosmos, Technology & Engineering, Your Daily Equation, Youth & Education
TAGS: 2013, discovered the double helix, Dr. Watson, Francis Crick, full program, James Watson, modern-day science giants, molecular biologist, New York City, nobel prize, NYC, On the Shoulders of Giants, 2013, discovered the double helix, Dr. Watson, Francis Crick, full program, James Watson, modern-day science giants, molecular biologist, New York City, nobel prize, NYC, On the Shoulders of Giants
PLAYLISTS: Big Ideas, One on One with Genius
Video Duration: 01:08:08
Original Program Date: Saturday, June 1, 2013
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