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by Judith Hooper

Mutant moths and feuding scientists--this is the real story behind the most famous experiment in 20th-century evolutionary biology. A story of hubris and heartbreak, "Of Moths and Men" reveals as much about the internecine battles of science as it does about the mysteries of evolution.


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In the 1950s, a British physician and amateur lepidopterist named H. B. D. Kettlewell went into the English woods to catch "evolution in action" among the now-famous Peppered Moths. His work became "Darwin's missing evidence," an evolutionary experiment as influential as any in the last century. Compellingly told, Of Moths and Men reveals Kettlewell to be a deluded scientist, a man tyrannized by his mentor, the powerful E. B. Ford, an imperious, eccentric Oxford don, a Darwinian zealot determined to crush all enemies in his path. In a revelatory, controversial work that will be debated for years to come, Judith Hooper uncovers the intellectual rivalries, petty jealousies, and faulty science behind one of the most famous experiments--and myths--in the history of evolutionary biology. Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

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To begin at the beginning, the Lepidoptera are divided into two orders: butterflies (Rhopalocera) and moths (Heterocera).

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  • Title Of Moths and Men: An Evolutionary Tale: The Untold Story of Science and the Peppered Moth
  • Author Judith Hooper
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Printing
  • Pages 377
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • Date 2004-01-17
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780393325256 / 0393325253
  • Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 6.1 x 1.07 in (21.08 x 15.49 x 2.72 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Evolution, Evolution (Biology)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002026315
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Kliatt, 05/01/2004, Page 41
  • New York Times, 02/08/2004, Page 28
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