Heredity Produced At the Crossroads of Biology, Politics, and Culture, 1500-1870 |
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| Editor:
| Muller-Wille, Staffan
Rheinberger, Hans-Jorg |
| Series title: | Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-262-13476-7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2007 |
| Publisher: | MIT Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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The cultural history of heredity: scholars from a range of disciplines discuss the evolution of the concept of heredity, from the Early Modern understanding of the act of "generation" to its later nineteenth-century definition as the transmission of characteristics across generations.
The cultural history of heredity: scholars from a range of disciplines discuss the evolution of the concept of heredity, from the Early Modern understanding of the act of "generation" to its later nineteenth-century definition as the transmission of characteristics across generations.