The Evolution of Theodosius Dobzhansky: Essays on His Life and Thought in Russia and America
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The Evolution of Theodosius Dobzhansky: Essays on His Life and Thought in Russia and America
By (Author) Mark B. Adams
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
23rd September 2014
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Evolution
Genetics (non-medical)
575.1092
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Paperback
262
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
369g
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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,
Reviews
"The 16 papers collected in this volume present a remarkably well-rounded portrait of one of the most important evolutionary biologists during the last century."--Science
