The prizewinners. Part 1.

Date:
1962
  • Film

About this work

Description

Stephen Black in extended conversation with Drs Max Perutz and John Kendrew, Nobel Prize-Winners in Chemistry (1962) for their discovery of the molecular structure of haemoglobin and myoglobin, and with Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins, Nobel Laureates in Physiology and Medicine in the same year for their discovery of the molecular structure of deoxyribose nucleix acid (DNA). Also features Sir Lawrence Bragg (1890-1971) talking about the application of x-ray crystallography to molecular biology, and a brilliant short introduction to molecular biology for laymen by the late Professor Michael Swann of Edinburgh University (as he was then). Remarkable for its leisurely but serious approach, absence of hype and for the high intellectual level and clarity of much of the interview material.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : BBC TV, 1962.

Physical description

1 film reel (61 min.) : sound, black and white 16 mm

Creator/production credits

Stephen Black and Raymond Baxter
Stephen Black; Drs Max Perutz; John Kendrew; Francis Crick; James Watson; Maurice Wilkins; Sir Lawrence Bragg; Professor Michael Swann

Notes

Of the greatest interest not only for historians of biomedical science, but for anyone interested in broadcasting and the popularisation of science.

Copyright note

BBC

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