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Fi Sci - Fiction Science not Science Fiction

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Pudd'nhead Wilson. Published in 1894, Mark Twain 's story of identical twins exchanged in the cradle and later accused of murder was right up to date in its use of science. Geneticist
Steve Jones asks why Twain was so fascinated with questions of inheritance and examines how relevant those questions remain today. Producer Erika Wright

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Mark Twain
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Steve Jones
Producer:
Erika Wright
Source: Radio Times

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