Article ID: CBB001023997

Physics in the Galtonian Sciences of Heredity (2011)

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Radick, Gregory (Author)


Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Volume: 42
Pages: 129--138


Publication Date: 2011
Edition Details: Part of a special issue, “When Physics Meets Biology”
Language: English

Physics matters less than we once thought to the making of Mendel. But it matters more than we tend to recognize to the making of Mendelism. This paper charts the variety of ways in which diverse kinds of physics impinged upon the Galtonian tradition which formed Mendelism's matrix. The work of three Galtonians in particular is considered: Francis Galton himself, W. F. R. Weldon and William Bateson. One aim is to suggest that tracking influence from physics can bring into focus important but now little-remembered flexibilities in the Galtonian tradition. Another is to show by example why generalizations about what happens when `physics' meets `biology' require caution. Even for a single research tradition in Britain in the decades around 1900, these categories were large, containing multitudes.

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Authors & Contributors
Richmond, Marsha L.
Radick, Gregory
Edwards, A. W. F.
Yafeng Shan
Teicher, Amir
Pereira Martins, Lilian Al-Chueyr
Concepts
Mendelism
Genetics
Heredity
Biology
Biometry
Eugenics
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
18th century
17th century
Places
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Institutions
Cambridge University
Royal Society of London
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