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by William B. Provine


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Tracing the development of population genetics through the writings of such luminaries as Darwin, Galton, Pearson, Fisher, Haldane, and Wright, William B. Provine sheds light on this complex field as well as its bearing on other branches of biology.

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When Charles Darwin boarded the Beagle in late 1831 for his famous voyage he took with him volume one of Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, which had been published in 1830.

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Tracing the development of population genetics through the writings of such luminaries as Darwin, Galton, Pearson, Fisher, Haldane, and Wright, William B. Provine sheds light on this complex field as well as its bearing on other branches of biology. In a new afterword that is sure to stir discussion and controversy, Provine discusses how his beliefs about evolutionary biology have changed radically in the past 30 years. He examines the ten major assumptions in the field that were current when the book was first published and then, point- by -point, argues against them in light of more recent research. The result is a work that is at once imbued with new life and yet remains the definitive short history of a major development in modern biology.

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  • Title The Origins of Theoretical Population Genetics: With a New Afterword
  • Author William B. Provine
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 2nd Revised edit
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date 2001-05-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780226684642 / 0226684644
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.52 x 5.61 x 0.65 in (21.64 x 14.25 x 1.65 cm)
  • Themes
    • Holiday: Christmas
  • Library of Congress subjects Population genetics - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001027561
  • Dewey Decimal Code 576.580

About the author

William B. Provine is the C. A. Alexander Professor of Biological Sciences at Cornell University. He is the author of Sewall Wright and Evolutionary Biology and the editor of Evolution: Selected Papers by Sewall Wright, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
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