The Man Who Invented the Chromosome

A Life of Cyril Darlington

Oren Solomon Harman

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$86.50 • £69.95 • €78.00

ISBN 9780674013339

Publication Date: 06/15/2004

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342 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

13 halftones, 13 line illustrations

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Introduction
I. Adventures in Lancashire
- 1. An Improbable Birth
- 2. A Rising Tide
- 3. Auspicious Beginnings
- 4. In Search of Tulips and Truth
II. Science
- 5. From Cytology to Evolution
- 6. Roots of a Scientific Controversy
- 7. Method, Discipline and Character
Interlude
III. Politics
- 8. The Lysenko Affair
- 9. Marxism and the Slaying of a Mentor
- 10. Science in a Changing World
IV. Man
- 11. The Conflict of Science and Society
- 12. On the Determination of Uncertainty
- 13. The Breakdown of Classical Genetics
- 14. On the Uncertainty of Determination
- 15. One Final Hurrah
Conclusion: Paradoxes
Bibliography
Index

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