The Evolution of Theodosius Dobzhansky
：Essays on His Life and Thought in Russia and America
( Princeton Legacy Library )
Publication subTitle ：Essays on His Life and Thought in Russia and America
Publication series ：Princeton Legacy Library
Author： Adams Mark B.;;;
Publisher： Princeton University Press
Publication year： 2014
E-ISBN: 9781400863808
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691034799
Subject： N0 Theory and Methodology of Natural Science;N09 History
Keyword： 自然科学理论与方法论
Language： ENG
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Description
This volume not only offers an intellectual biography of one of the most important biologists and social thinkers of the twentieth century but also illuminates the development of evolutionary studies in Russia and in the West. Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900-1975), a creator of the "evolutionary synthesis" and the author of its first modern statement, Genetics and the Origin of Species (1937), founded modern Western population genetics and wrote many popular books on such topics as human evolution, race and racism, equality, and human destiny. In this, the first book devoted to an analysis of the historical, scientific, and cultural dimensions of Dobzhansky's life and thought, an international group of historians, biologists, and philosophers addresses the full span of his career in Russia and the United States.
Beginning with the reminiscences of his daughter, Sophia Dobzhansky Coe, these essays cover Dobzhansky's Russian roots (Nikolai L. Krementsov, Daniel A. Alexandrov, Mikhail B. Konashev), the Morgan Lab (Garland E. Allen, William B. Provine, Robert E. Kohler, Richard M. Burian), his scientific legacy (Scott F. Gilbert, Bruce Wallace, Charles E. Taylor), and his social, political, philosophical, and religious thought (Costas B. Krimbas, John Beatty, Diane B. Paul, Michael Ruse).
Originally published in 1994.
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