geneticists

Explores the life of Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk whose experiments with pea plants became a foundation for modern genetics.

An ambitious scientist discovers a gene that may contain the secret of happiness for everyone, and when it is tested on an unknowing suburban family, the experiment yields surprising results.

Discusses the work that made nineteenth-century Moravian monk Gregor Mendel the father of genetic research, the lack of notice his breakthrough was given, and the effect his discoveries had when scientists realized their significance thirty-five years later.

Describes the intellectual journey of eccentric American genius George Price, who tried to answer the evolutionary riddle of why people are nice, and eventually gave away all his belongings and took his own life in a squatter's apartment.

A biography of the geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize for her discovery that certain genes can change their position on the chromosomes of cells.

Genetisist P.J. Colding and his team, working on a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, figure out how to reverse evolution and create a computer-engineered living creature from which organs can be harvested for transplant patients, but, to their surprise, the animals are not as docile as they thought they would be and P.J. and the others must fight in order to avoid becoming their prey.

A biography on the life of Gregor Mendel, whose experiments with garden peas helped him explain how genetic traits in living things such as hair color and eye color in humans are passed from generation to generation.

Profiles the men and women at the forefront of the latest advances in biotechnology and explores how their research will impact human health in the future.

Barbara McClintock studied chromosomes and made a remarkable discovery which may lead to a cure for cancer, AIDS, and other diseases.

Examines the life and work of Gregor Mendel, a nineteenth-century monk whose curiosity led to his discovery of the gene.