Conquest: On the crest of an urgent new interest in science, CBS this week launched a new $1,000,000 series, ten hour-long shows spread over this season and next, sponsored by Monsanto Chemical Co. "to help penetrate the wall that separates the man in the laboratory from the rest of us." The opening show put the viewer's eye to microscopes that revealed viruses and, through time-lapse photography, a human cell mushrooming with cancer. It also presented a primer on oceanography and, in the best segment, an exclusive filmed report of Air Force Major David...
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