An Interview with Jeremy Thorner

01/08/2011 50 min
An Interview with Jeremy Thorner

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Jeremy Thorner, Associate Editor of the Annual Review of Biochemistry, talks to journalist Anna Rascouët-Paz about his career in biochemistry and molecular biology. He also discusses the drift in science teaching in public schools across the United States. Focusing on the attacks on the Theory of Evolution by religious groups, he warns against the negative consequences of scientific illiteracy.