The One Hit Wonder of Biology: Kary Mullis and PCR
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On a cool spring night while on the road to Mendocino, Kary Mullis had a stroke of genius. He devised a technique that would revolutionize how DNA research is conducted. As it turns out, PCR was a gift to science but Kary Mullis... not so much. From bizarre encounters with glowing raccoons to spreading pseudoscience, Kary Mullis takes us on a trip through the astral plane. And somehow we end up in the middle of the O.J. trial.
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