Winding Your Way Through DNA

A videotape library in which Nobel prize winners Harold Varmus, James Watson, Paul Berg, and 15 other outstanding scientists guide you through the history, language, applications, and social impact of DNA technology.In September 1992, to help improve public understanding of genetics and its implications, the University of California and the Exploratorium in San Francisco staged a unique event. Eighteen of America's leading scientists were invited to talk frankly to a general audience about the realities, possibilities, and social puzzles of DNA.They addressed three questions: What is gene technology? How can it be used in industry and medicine? Does it have risks and dangers?Two days of wide-ranging, exciting discussion have been edited to create a unique 6-piece, 8-1/2 hour long videocassette library. Each speaker's illustrated talk is included, as well as the provocative question-and-answer session with a panel of science journalists that followed. Accompanying the tapes is a booklet containing a bibliography of DNA technology and molecular biology for additional reading or teaching purposes.This videocassette library, with its clear presentation and nontechnical language, is ideal for high school or college classroom use, for personal education at home, or for business analysis of technology trends.Varmus, Harold E. is the author of 'Winding Your Way Through DNA', published 1992 under ISBN 9780879693930 and ISBN 0879693932.