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.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these
important books while presenting them in durable paperback
editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly
increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the
thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since
its founding in 1905.
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