Rebels, mavericks, and heretics in biology
By: edited and with an introduction by Oren Harman and Michael R. Dietrich ; and with an epilogue by R.C. Lewontin.
Contributors: Harman, Oren Solomon.; Dietrich, Michael R.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780300116397
Subjects: Biology -- History; Biologists -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: This book is the first devoted to modern biology's innovators and iconoclasts: men and women who challenged prevailing notions in their fields. Some of these scientists were Nobel Prize winners, some were considered cranks or gadflies, some were in fact wrong. The stories of these stubborn dissenters are individually fascinating. Taken together, they provide unparalleled insights into the role of dissent and controversy in science and specially the growth of biological thought over the past century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.