Lord of the genes

By Marilyn Head In Uncategorized

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31st July, 2004
Entirely at ease in Parliament's elegant legislative chamber, Lord Robert Winston shows an enthralled audience of New Zealand politicians and invited guests why he is one of the world's finest science communicators. A renowned fertility specialist and genetic scientist, the Einstein lookalike presenter of such hugely popular tele-vision science series as The Secret Life of Twins and Walking with Cavemen, and a Labour lord to boot, Winston was a safe choice for the Royal Society of New Zealand's Distinguished Speaker Series. Or was he? During his brief visit, he has taken a tilt at tenets ...

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