The Evolution of Theodosius Dobzhansky : : Essays on His Life and Thought in Russia and America / / ed. by Mark B. Adams.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Adams, Mark B.,; Alexandrov, Daniel A.,; Allen, Garland E.,; Beatty, John,; Burian, Richard M.,; Dobzhansky Coe, Sophia,; Gilbert, Scott F.,; Kohler, Robert E.,; Konashev, Mikhail B.,; Krementsov, Nikolai L.,; Krimbas, Costas B.,; Paul, Diane B.,; Provine, William B.,; Ruse, Michael,; Taylor, Charles E.,; Wallace, Bruce,
• HerausgeberIn: Adams, Mark B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 226
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (262 p.) :; 11 halftones

This volume not only offers an intellectual biography of one of the most important biologists and social thinkers of the twentieth century but also illuminates the development of evolutionary studies in Russia and in the West. Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900-1975), a creator of the "evolutionary synthesis" and the author of its first modern statement, Genetics and the Origin of Species (1937), founded modern Western population genetics and wrote many popular books on such topics as human evolution, race and racism, equality, and human destiny. In this, the first book devoted to an analysis of the historical, scientific, and cultural dimensions of Dobzhansky's life and thought, an international group of historians, biologists, and philosophers addresses the full span of his career in Russia and the United States.Beginning with the reminiscences of his daughter, Sophia Dobzhansky Coe, these essays cover Dobzhansky's Russian roots (Nikolai L. Krementsov, Daniel A. Alexandrov, Mikhail B. Konashev), the Morgan Lab (Garland E. Allen, William B. Provine, Robert E. Kohler, Richard M. Burian), his scientific legacy (Scott F. Gilbert, Bruce Wallace, Charles E. Taylor), and his social, political, philosophical, and religious thought (Costas B. Krimbas, John Beatty, Diane B. Paul, Michael Ruse).Originally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Introduction: Theodosius Dobzhansky in Russia and America -- Theodosius Dobzhansky: A Family Story -- PART ONE. RUSSIAN ROOTS -- Dobzhansky and Russian Entomology: The Origin of His Ideas on Species and Speciation -- Filipchenko and Dobzhansky: Issues in Evolutionary Genetics in the 1920s -- From the Archives: Dobzhansky in Kiev and Leningrad -- PART TWO. THE MORGAN LAB -- Theodosius Dobzhansky, the Morgan Lab, and the Breakdown of the Naturalist/Experimentalist Dichotomy, 1927-1947 -- The Origin of Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species -- Fly Room West: Dobzhansky, D. pseudoobscura, and Scientific Practice -- Dobzhansky on Evolutionary Dynamics: Some Questions about His Russian Background -- PART THREE. THE SCIENTIFIC LEGACY -- Dobzhansky, Waddington, and Schmalhausen: Embryology and the Modern Synthesis -- Theodosius Dobzhansky Remembered: Genetic Coadaptation -- Dobzhansky, Artificial Life, and the "Larger Questions" of Evolution -- PART FOUR. DOBZHANSKY'S WORLDVIEW -- The Evolutionary Worldview of Theodosius Dobzhansky -- Dobzhansky and the Biology of Democracy: The Moral and Political Significance of Genetic Variation -- Dobzhansky in the "Nature-Nurture" Debate -- Dobzhansky and the Problem of Progress -- CONTRIBUTORS