Venki Ramakrishnan at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

Joint winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Venki
Ramakrishnan’s work has gone past the whys and wherefores of DNA
and on to the ribosome, the structure which helps decode our
genetic make-up. In a live event at the Edinburgh International
Book Festival 2019 the President of The Royal Society and Gene
Machine author shares stories about his first uncertain
experiments and making genuine scientific breakthroughs. An
enlightening hour of conversation with Steve Brusatte.