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Kary Mullis habla sobre lo qué hace un científico

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El bioquímico Kary Mullis habla sobre la base de la ciencia moderna: el experimento. Compartiendo historias del siglo 17 y desde sus propios días de lanzador de cohetes aficionado, Mullis celebra la curiosidad, la inspiración y el rigor de la buena ciencia en todas sus formas.

Kary Mullis won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a way to copy a strand of DNA. (His technique, called PCR, jump-started the 1990s' biorevolution.) He's known for his wide-ranging interests -- and strong opinions. Full bio »

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