{"product_id":"the-evolution-of-theodosius-dobzhansky-9780691600307","title":"The Evolution of Theodosius Dobzhansky","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The 16 papers collected in this volume present a remarkably well-rounded portrait of one of the most important evolutionary biologists during the last century.\"--Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface vii  Acknowledgments A  INTRODUCTION I  Introduction: Theodosius Dobzhansky in Russia and America Mark B. Adams 3  Theodosius Dobzhansky: A Family Story Sophia Dobzhansky Coe 13  PART ONE: RUSSIAN ROOTS 29  Dobzhansky and Russian Entomology: The Origin of His Ideas on Species and Speciation Nikolai L. Krementsov 31  Filipchenko and Dobzhansky: Issues in Evolutionary Genetics in the 1920S Daniel A. Alexandrov 49  From the Archives: Dobzhansky in Kiev and Leningrad Mikhail B. Konashev 63  PART TWO: THE MORGAN LAB 85  Theodosius Dobzhansky, the Morgan Lab, and the Breakdown of the Naturalist\/ Experimentalist Dichotomy, 1927-1947 Garland E. Allen 87  The Origin of Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species Fly Room West: Dobzhansky, D. pseudoobscura, and Scientific Practice Robert E. Kohler 115  Dobzhansky on Evolutionary Dynamics: Some Questions about His Russian Background Richard M. Burian 129  PART THREE: THE SCIENTIFIC LEGACY 141  Dobzhansky, Waddington, and Schmalhausen: Embryology and the Modern Synthesis Scott F Gilbert 143  Theodosius Dobzhansky Remembered: Genetic Coadaptation Bruce Wallace 155  Dobzhansky, Artificial Life, and the \"Larger Questions\" of Evolution Charles E. Taylor 163  PART FOUR: DOBZHANSKY'S WORLDVIEW 177  The Evolutionary Worldview of Theodosius Dobzhansky Costas B. Krimbas 179  Dobzhansky and the Biology of Democracy: The Moral and Political Significance of Genetic Variation John Beatty 195  Dobzhansky in the \"Nature-Nurture\" Debate Diane B. Paul 219  Dobzhansky and the Problem of Progress Michael Ruse 233  Contributors 247","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49922423685463,"sku":"9780691600307","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691600307.jpg?v=1738537840","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-evolution-of-theodosius-dobzhansky-9780691600307","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}