Ideas worth spreading

Play! Experiment! Discover!

712,885 views | Kary Mullis • TED2002

Biochemist Kary Mullis talks about the basis of modern science: the experiment. Sharing tales from the 17th century and from his own backyard-rocketry days, Mullis celebrates the curiosity, inspiration and rigor of good science in all its forms.

Biochemist Kary Mullis talks about the basis of modern science: the experiment. Sharing tales from the 17th century and from his own backyard-rocketry days, Mullis celebrates the curiosity, inspiration and rigor of good science in all its forms.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

About the speaker

Kary Mullis

See speaker profile

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.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.