Kostas Kampourakis

How we Get Mendel Wrong, and Why it Matters

Challenging the narrative of Mendelian genetics

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Produktbeschreibung

This book illustrates that the stereotypical representations of Gregor Mendel and his work misrepresent his findings and their historical context. The author sets the historical record straight and provides scientists with a reference guide to the respective scholarship in the early history of genetics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 159mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9781032456904
• ISBN-10: 1032456906
• Artikelnr.: 69433762

Autorenporträt

Kostas Kampourakis is the author and editor of several books about evolution, genetics, philosophy, and history of science. He teaches biology and science education courses at the University of Geneva. He is the co-editor of Teaching Biology in Schools and What is Scientific Knowledge, both published by Routledge.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: "Gregor Mendel, the first geneticist". Part I Anachronistic
Mendelism. Chapter 1 Mendel was not a geneticist ahead of his time. Chapter
2 Mendel was a brilliant experimentalist of his time. Chapter 3 Speculating
about heredity. Chapter 4 The path to genetics. Chapter 5 The reification
of the "lonely genius". Part II Social Mendelism. Chapter 6 Mendel's great
defender. Chapter 7 Chromosomes, "factors" and genes. Chapter 8 "Mendelian"
eugenics. Chapter 9 Geneticists' attitudes towards "Mendelian" eugenics.
Chapter 10 Mendelian genetics and the Nazi racial hygiene. Conclusions:
Emending the teaching of school genetics.