What is life?

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What is life? is a short film from 1960 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

Dr. Saltman begins the series by asking what is perhaps the most fundamental question in a study of biochemistry: what makes something alive and something else dead? This is a question which has puzzled and invited scientist and philosophers througho...

What is life?
Release date
1960
Running time
0:00:00
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More Details

internal id
71137
Summary
Dr. Saltman begins the series by asking what is perhaps the most fundamental question in a study of biochemistry: what makes something alive and something else dead? This is a question which has puzzled and invited scientist and philosophers throughout history. Thanks to the development of increasingly powerful microscopes, the cell, which is the basic element of living matter, can be analyzed and studied in its three functions: reproduction, mutation, and the carrying on of metabolism. The program ends with comparisons of an amoeba and a mammal, and algae and the giant sequoia tree.
Physical Format
1 Film (0:00:00)
16mm
IUL Genres
Educational
Lecture
IUL Subject
Biology
Biochemistry.
Full Original Title
What is life?