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 editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover 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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