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The Dialectical Biologist

Richard Levins

Richard Lewontin

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ISBN 9780674202832

Publication Date: 03/15/1987

336 pages

6 line illustrations, 4 tables

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Richard Levins was John Rock Professor of Population Sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Richard Lewontin (1929–2021) was Alexander Agassiz Research Professor of Zoology, Emeritus, at the Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology. His many books include Biology and Ideology, Not in Our Genes, and Human Diversity.

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