Standing on the shoulders of Darwin and Mendel : early views of inheritance / by David J. Galton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Galton, David J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.

Darwin, Charles.

Mendel, Gregor, 1822-1884.

Mendel, Gregor.

Galton, Francis, 1822-1911.

Galton, Francis.

Genetics--History.

Genetics.

History.

Evolution (Biology)--History.

Evolution (Biology).

Biological Evolution.

Genetics--history.

History, 19th Century.

Medical Subjects:

Biological Evolution.

Genetics--history.

History, 19th Century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxv, 197 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2018]

Contents:

Seeds of hero worship. To be a doctor ; To be an explorer ; To be a husband

A tale of two books. Darwin's book : The origin of species by means of natural selection ; Galton's book : Hereditary genius, 1869

Darwin's grand theory

Trial by experiment

A bolt from the blue : Darwin's response

Cousins diverge. The quarrel

The referee

Finding allies

Still chasing the truth

Losing allies

Darwin's and Mendel's death

The grim reaper revisits

Mendel again : Galton's response

Are Mendel's ideas true? Archibald Garrod (1857-1936) ; Three botanists

Darwin and Mendel : the show down. The long reach of Mendel's gene

Celebrating Mendel's discovery. Mendel compares to Newton?

Epilogue one: Why Darwin might disregard Mendel

Epilogue two: Scientists quarrel : Romanes and Wallace

Epilogue three: Mendel in his own words

Epilogue four: What makes a good scientist?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138062160

1138062162

9781138062177

1138062170

OCLC:

986845365

Publisher Number:

99974340051