The Darwinian Revolution
History 133/333 | HumBio 184 | History of Science 103 |


Week 11

Tuesday, Dec. 3 Thursday, Dec. 5 Section
Synthesis, Ideology, the New Biology

Ernst Mayr, "Prologue: Some Thoughts on the History of the Evolutionary Synthesis"

Stephen J. Gould, "The Hardening of the Synthesis"

Vasiliki Betty Smocovitis, "Unifying Biology: The Evolutionary Synthesis and Evolutionary Biology"

General Discussion John Beatty, " Scientific Collaboration, Internationalism, and Diplomacy: The Case of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission"

John Beatty, "Origins of the U.S. Human Genome Project: Changing Relationships Between Genetics and National Security"

John Beatty, "Dobzhansky and the Biology of Democracy:The Moral and Political Significance of Genetic Variation," in Mark B. Adams, ed., The Evolution of Theodoxius Dobzhansky: Essays on His Life and Thought in Russia and America , pp. 195-218 in course reader.

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