Rebels, Mavericks, and Heretics in Biology
Harman, Oren, Dietrich, Michael R, Lewontin, R.c
The stories of nineteen scientists--some famous, some forgotten--who stubbornly challenged assumptions and icons in the life sciences
This book is the first devoted to modern biology’s innovators and iconoclasts: men and women who challenged prevailing notions in their fields. Some of these scientists were Nobel Prize winners, some were considered cranks or gadflies, some were in fact wrong. The stories of these stubborn dissenters are individually fascinating. Taken together, they provide unparalleled insights into the role of dissent and controversy in science and especially the growth of biological thought over the past century.
Each of the book’s nineteen specially ... Read more
Scientists featured in this volume:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Hans Driesch
Wilhelm Johannsen
Raymond Arthur Dart
C. D. Darlington
Richard Goldschmidt
Barbara McClintock
Oswald T. Avery
Roger Sperry
Leon Croizat
Vero Copner Wynne-Edwards
Peter Mitchell
Howard Temin
Motoo Kimura
William D. Hamilton
Carl Woese
Stephen Jay Gould
Thelma Rowell
Daniel S. Simberloff
Show LessProduct Details
About Harman, Oren, Dietrich, Michael R, Lewontin, R.c
Reviews for Rebels, Mavericks, and Heretics in Biology