Professor Robert Winston, one of Britain's best known scientists, identifies his top 10 scientific advances of the last 50 years from the microchip to the pill.
Professor Winston explains why these have changed the face of the world and confronts the challenging debates that scientific progress raises, by looking back to some unexpected consequences and on to where today's advances may take us.
Robert Winston's Top Ten Advances... Coming soon to BBC One.
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