Introduction to What Is the Secret of Life? A History of Biology and Genetics (1:26)
Living vs. Nonliving: What Makes the Difference? (1:24)
Galen: Physician to the Gladiators (1:51)
Explaining the Human by Studying Animals (1:38)
A New Idea: Realism (2:48)
Leonardo Da Vinci Creates Anatomically Correct Drawings (2:21)
Vesalius' Approach (0:51)
William Harvey, English Physician (1:16)
Impact of William Harvey's Experiments (2:48)
Giovanni Borelli's Model of Human Motion (2:31)
Animal Electricity: The Spark of Life? (2:41)
Alexander von Humboldt's Experiments (3:24)
Modern Laboratory Science (1:56)
Robert Hooke's Microscopic World (1:43)
Development of Cell Theory (2:44)
Making the Invisible Visible (2:15)
DNA: The Secret of Life? (3:42)
Not the Whole Answer (1:42)
Summary of What Is the Secret of Life? A History of Biology and Genetics (1:22)
Credits: What Is the Secret of Life? A History of Biology and Genetics (0:33)