Heredity Produced: At the Crossroads of Biology, Politics, and Culture, 1500-1870 (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)
"The book is coherent, eye-opening, rich in content, and historiographically significant." Daniel Kevles Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences"This book is a remarkable achievement. It provides a true cultural history of heredity over the past three centuries, starting from the importation of the term from the legal into the biological sphere. The editors have assembled a panoply of experts and provided an insightful and comprehensive overview that will be of lasting importance to historians and philosophers of biology."Garland Allen, Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis"This book is a remarkable achievement. It provides a true cultural history of heredity over the past three centuries, starting from the importation of the term from the legal into the biological sphere. The editors have assembled a panoply of experts and provided an insightful and comprehensive overview that will be of lasting importance to historians and philosophers of biology."--Garland Allen, Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis