Siddhartha Mukherjee: The Gene

Acclaimed cancer physician and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee comes to CHF to discuss his most recent work, The Gene, a magnificent history of the gene and a response to the defining question of the future: What becomes of being human when we learn to “read” and “write” our own genetic information. Mukherjee interweaves science, social history, and the story of his own family to explain the powerful science of genetics and to grapple with the extraordinary influence of heredity on our lives, personalities, identities, and fates. This program is generously underwritten by Anita and Prabha Sinha. This program was recorded on April 30, 2017, as part of Chicago Humanities Festival's Springfest/17: Stuff See upcoming CHF events: http://chicagohumanities.org Help us subtitle and translate our videos: http://chf.to/SubtitleCHF Subscribe for more thought-provoking videos: http://chf.to/SubscribeCHF Support CHF with a donation: http://chf.to/Support-CHF Follow CHF on Twitter:   / chi_humanities   Like CHF on Facebook:   / chicagohumanities   Subscribe to the CHF podcast on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ch... Help us caption & translate this video! https://amara.org/v/b3F0/