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Moments of Genius: Episode 3: Sir Tim Hunt

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Episode 3: Sir Tim Hunt

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A moment of genius chosen by Nobel prize winning scientist Sir Tim Hunt.

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sir Tim Hunt describes his favourite moment in the history of science.

Nobel prize winning scientist, Sir Tim Hunt describes his favourite moment in the history of science. 

The experimental German biologist, Theodore Boveri, is one of Tim Hunt's heros: "He isn't exactly a household name but he should be". 

In 1902, Boveri knew nothing about DNA and yet, in a beautiful set of experiments on sea urchin eggs, he worked out what happens when cells divide. This was fifty years before Watson and Crick and others confirmed that Boveri's theory of chromsomes was absolutely spot on.

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