Kary Mullis - 2002 TED Talk - Play! Experiment! Discover! (HQ)

Kary Mullis won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a way to copy a strand of DNA. His technique, called PCR, jump-started the 1990s' bio-revolution.

In this 2002 TED talk, Kary Mullis talks about the basis of modern science: the experiment. Sharing tales from the 17th century and from his own backyard-rocketry days, Mullis celebrates the curiosity, inspiration and rigor of good science in all its forms.

Source of the video:
https://www.ted.com/talks/kary_mullis_play_experiment_discover/transcript