商品簡介
This book examines the Lysenko controversy. It covers the interwar eugenics movement, the Scopes Trial, the popularity of Lamarckism as a theory of heredity prior to the synthesis of genetics and Natural Selection, and the Cold War.
作者簡介
Introduction,Chapter 1: Mendelist-Morganists and Michurinism, Chapter 2: Fly Lovers and People Haters, Chapter 3: The Eugenics Movement and First Encounters with Soviet Science Chapter 4: Vavilov , Chapter 5: Between World War and Cold War , Chapter 6: Debunking Lysenko, Chapter 7: The VASKhNIL Conference, Chapter 8: Acquired Characteristics, Chapter 9: “Apostle Trofim and the Gospel of St. Marx”, Chapter 10: The Spitzer Affair, Chapter 11: “He must’ve realized how stupid it all was…” , Chapter 12: Pigs Wearing Booties Earn Scorn of Red Press, Chapter 13: French Say Chemical Injection May Change Heredity of Ducks, Chapter 14: “Nikita and I have our difficulties…” Conclusion
