Video 27: Elof Carlson, clip 5

Elof Carlson is Distinguished Teaching Professor at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. A geneticist with an interest in the history of science, Dr. Carlson was one of Hermann Muller's graduate students.

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The importance of Muller's paper on X-ray mutations, part 1.

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The importance of Muller's paper on X-ray mutations, part 2.

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Muller's views on eugenics.

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Muller's reductionist approach to science.

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16609. Biography 27: Hermann Muller (1890-1967)

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16590. Gallery 27: Hermann Muller, child portrait

A young Hermann Muller.

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16592. Gallery 27: Hermann Muller

Hermann Muller in his lab in Austin.

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16588. Animation 27: Mutations are changes in genetic information.

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16593. Gallery 27: Hermann Muller, ca 1920

Hermann Muller in Austin, circa 1920s.

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