Krishna Dronamraju

Haldane, Mayr, and Beanbag Genetics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first book on this scientific controversy, which includes previously unpublished correspondence between Haldane and Mayr.

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The book presents an account of the controversy between two great biologists, J.B.S. Haldane and Ernst Mayr, regarding the significance of the mathematical contributions of the three pioneers, J.B.S. Haldane, R.A. Fisher and S. Wright, to the theory of evolution. The author is a former pupil of J.B.S. Haldane.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 142mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780195387346
• ISBN-10: 0195387341
• Artikelnr.: 31081077

Autorenporträt

Krishna Dronamraju is President of the Foundation for Genetic Research, in Houston, Texas. His publications include 17 books and over 200 research papers in genetics, biotechnology and history of science. A former student and colleague of J.B.S. Haldane, he is a Visiting Professor of the University of Paris and a nominee for the Nobel Prize.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1.: What is beanbag genetics?).
Chapter 2.: Foundations of Population Genetics
Chapter 3.: Time Line: J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964)
Chapter 4.: Time Line: Ernst Walter Mayr - 1904 - 2005.
In Chapter 5.
Chapter 6.: Ernst Mayr and Evolutionary Biology (1904-2005)
Chapter 7:: Evolution:The Modern Synthesis
Appendix: Correspondence between J.B.S. Haldane and Ernst Mayr
Photographs
References