Book ID: CBB000029912

The evolution of Theodosius Dobzhansky: Essays on his life and thought in Russia and America (1994)

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Princeton University Press


Publication Date: 1994
Edition Details: Adams, Mark B., editor.
Physical Details: xi + 249 pp.; illus.; notes

Description Contents: Adams, Mark B.: Introduction: Theodosius Dobzhansky in Russia and America. Coe, Sophia Dobzhansky: Theodosius Dobzhansky: A family story. Krementsov, Nikolai L.: Dobzhansky and Russian entomology: The origins of his ideas on species and speciation. Alexandrov, Daniel A.: Filipchenko and Dobzhansky: Issues in evolutionary genetics in the 1920s. Konashev, Mikhail B.: From the archives: Dobzhansky in Kiev and Leningrad. Allen, Garland E.: Theodosius Dobzhansky, the Morgan Lab, and the breakdown of the naturalist/experimentalist dichotomy, 1927-1947. Provine, William B.: The origin of Dobzhansky's Genetics and the origin of species. Kohler, Robert E.: Fly room west: Dobzhansky, D. pseudoobscura, and scientific practice. Burian, Richard M.: Dobzhansky on evolutionary dynamics: Some questions about his Russian background. Gilbert, Scott F.: Dobzhansky, Waddington, and Schmalhausen: Embryology and the modern synthesis. Wallace, Bruce: Theodosius Dobzhansky remembered: Genetic coadaptation. Taylor, Charles E.: Dobzhansky, artificial life, and the “larger questions” of evolution. Krimbas, Costas B.: The evolutionary worldview of Theodosius Dobzhansky. Beatty, John: Dobzhansky and the biology of democracy: The moral and political significance of genetic variation. Paul, Diane B.: Dobzhansky in the “nature-nurture” debate. Ruse, Michael: Dobzhansky and the problem of progress.


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Authors & Contributors
Konashev, Mikhail B.
Smocovitis, Vassiliki Betty
Brito da Cunha, A.
Brush, Stephen G.
Burian, Richard M.
Ceccarelli, Leah M.
Journals
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biology and Philosophy
Journal of the History of Biology
Annals of the History and Philosophy of Biology
Filosofia e História da Biologia
Publishers
American Philosophical Society
Concepts
Evolution
Genetics
Biology
Darwinism
Science and politics
Controversies and disputes
People
Dobzhansky, Theodosius
Mayr, Ernst
Stebbins, George Ledyard
Darwin, Charles Robert
Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson
Lyman, Richard S.
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Great Britain
Brazil
Soviet Union
Germany
New York City (New York, U.S.)
Institutions
Rockefeller Foundation
University of São Paolo
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