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Heretic: Rupert Sheldrake

on BBC Two England

The third of six portraits of unorthodox scientists.

A Cambridge biologist was catapulted to scientific notoriety with his book, A New Science of Life. Condemned as heresy, Sheldrake's offence was to challenge the theoretical core of modern genetics - that life can be explained by DNA - and to propose a theory based on what he called morphic resonance.

Followed by The Jupiter Collision
(Stereo)

Contributors

Subject:
Rupert Sheldrake
Narrator:
Rosemary Hartill
Producer:
Tony Edwards

BBC Two England

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