Plot: Tonight’s presentation examines the part genetics has to play in our ability to survive. Is everyone’s ability to survive the same? Faced with the same perils, would we all cope just as well? And if not, is it down to luck or relative toughness, or is there such a thing as the will to live?
Dr Montgomery’s main focus tonight is the complex world of genes –what are they and how do they make us different
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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - Season 42 - Back from the Brink, the Science of Survival: Luck, Genes and Stupidity (Episode 5)
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Friday, December 28 2007
17 years ago
Friday, December 28 2007
17 years ago
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