Dan Levitt
Dan Levitt has written and produced award-winning science and history documentaries for outlets including National Geographic, Discover, and Science. He is the author of the 2023 book What's Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner.
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In the early 20th century, a young biochemist named Alexander Oparin set out to connect “the world of the living” to “the world of the dead.”