Through the Looking Glass (5 Parts)
- Synopsis
- The 163rd Royal Institution Christmas Lectures series, in which Professor Charles Stirling FRS examines the chemistry of life.
1: How humans are lop-sided in the use of brains, eyes, ears, right down to fingerprints.
2: Left- and right-handedness in the natural world.
3: How the handedness of molecules governs the interaction between chemicals.
4: Our sex depends directly upon the handedness of a molecule. Examines the role of handed molecules such as testosterone and adrenalin in the survival of the species.
5: We are surrounded by huge handed molecules of a million atoms or more, such as carbohydrates and proteins, that control the structure of plants and animals. The ultimate giant present in the nuclei of all our cells is DNA. - Series
- Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, The: Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 5 x 60 min.
- Year of production
- 1992
- Availability
- Sale; 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive) series
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC 2 daily from 28 Dec 1992.
- Subjects
- Chemistry
- Keywords
- biochemistry; DNA; handedness; molecules
Credits
- Producer
- Richard Melman; William Woollard
- Cast
Charles Stirling
Sections
- Title
- Man in the mirror
- Synopsis
- 1: How humans are lop-sided in the use of brains, eyes, ears, right down to fingerprints.
- Title
- Narwhals, palindromes and Chesterfield Station
- Synopsis
- 2: Left- and right-handedness in the natural world.
- Title
- Handed molecule, The
- Synopsis
- 3: How the handedness of molecules governs the interaction between chemicals.
- Title
- Symmetry, sensation and sex
- Synopsis
- 4: Our sex depends directly upon the handedness of a molecule. Examines the role of handed molecules such as testosterone and adrenalin in the survival of the species.
- Title
- In the hands of giants
- Synopsis
- 5: We are surrounded by huge handed molecules of a million atoms or more, such as carbohydrates and proteins, that control the structure of plants and animals. The ultimate giant present in the nuclei of all our cells is DNA.
Production Company
- Name
INCA
- Notes
- Use for: Independent Communications Associates
Sponsor
- Name
Shell
Distributor
- Name
INCA (London) Ltd
- Contact
- William Woollard
- incaltd@dial.pipex.com
- Web
- http://www.inca-productions.com/index.htm External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 8748 9600
- Fax
- 020 8748 9607
- Address
- INCA House
67 Castlenau
Barnes
London
SW13 9RT
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