EPISODE · Nov 25, 2020 · 29 MIN
Jonathan Weiner – Genetic Control
from Radio Curious · host Ignacio Ayala
Click here to begin listening. Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior How much of our personalities are truly within our control? What is currently known about how the genes we inherit affect our behavior? The science that studies these questions is now called molecular biology. Looking at […]
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Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/files/[email protected]/1197-1-Weiner_Jonathan__11.25.20_IA.mp3) Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior How much of our personalities are truly within our control? What is currently known about how the genes we inherit affect our behavior? The science that studies these questions is now called molecular biology. Looking at life from the genes up, molecular biology has given us insight into the hard links between genes and behavior. Seymour Benzer, a pioneer scientist who studied the genetics of fruit flies, is the hero of a book called "Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior," by Jonathan Weiner. Weiner, who won the Pulitzer prize in 1995 for his work on the finches of the Galapagos Islands, provides a current analysis of Benzer's genetic studies and raises questions about molecular biology the 21st century. Jonathan Weiner recommends “The Missing Moment,” by Robert Pollack. Originally Broadcast: May 26, 1999
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