# The Past and Future of Genetics

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Steve Jones
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/past-and-future-genetics)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The French Revolution is famous for its political upheavals, but few know that it was also a time when Paris was the world centre of science in a way that has never been matched before or since. I will take a tour of the city from the Eiffel Tower to the Champs Elysees, taking in the Tour de France on the way, to show how a small group of talented men and women revolutionised science from physics to biology - and how some of them paid a heavy price.

## Lectures

1. [No Need for Geniuses: Scientific Revolutions and Revolutionary Scientists in the City of Light](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-past-and-future-genetics/6464c4f5ccf8) (YouTube)
2. [Germs, Genes and Genesis: The History of Infectious Disease](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-past-and-future-genetics/fd2cd3142059) (YouTube)
3. [Homo Sapiens, an Endangered Species](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-past-and-future-genetics/996ca1f9e107) (YouTube)