Article ID: CBB030960677

How Many Times Can You Be Wrong and Still Be Right? T. H. Morgan, Evolution, Chromosomes and the Origins of Modern Genetics (2015)

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Science textbooks and classes mostly emphasize what are considered by today’s standards the “right” or “correct” interpretations of particular phenomena or processes. When “incorrect” ideas of the past are mentioned at all, it is simply to point out their errors, with little attention as to why the ideas were put forward in the first place, or ever gained a following. A strong case can be made, however, for presenting contrasting or even what are considered today “wrong” hypotheses as a way of not only emphasizing the dynamic nature of science (which is punctuated throughout by controversies and contrasting views), but also as a way of helping students better understand the details and workings of contemporary views. This article will illustrate these claims by examining the work of embryologist-turned-geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan in the early decades of the twentieth century.

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Authors & Contributors
Amundson, Ron
Barabanschikov, Boris I.
Brush, Stephen G.
Capocci, Mauro
Ermolajev, Andrey I.
Falk, Raphael
Journals
Journal of the History of Biology
Science and Education
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
British Journal for the History of Science
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Istoriko-Biologicheskie Issledovaniia
Publishers
Columbia University
University of Florida
World Scientific
Iowa State University
University of California, Riverside
Concepts
Genetics
Evolution
Science education and teaching
Biology
Embryology
Textbooks
People
Morgan, Thomas Hunt
Bateson, William
Goldschmidt, Richard Benedict
Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich
Boveri, Marcella O'Grady
Boveri, Theodor
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
20th century, late
Ancient
Enlightenment
Places
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Europe
France
Russia
Institutions
Universitet Kazan
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