It ain't necessarily so : the dream of the human genome and other illusions / by Richard Lewontin.
It ain't necessarily so : the dream of the human genome and other illusions / by Richard Lewontin.
It ain't necessarily so : the dream of the human genome and other illusions / by Richard Lewontin.
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New York : New York Review of Books, 2000.
Date
2000.
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N576.5/4
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English
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xxv, 330 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. The Inferiority Complex -- Ch. 2. Darwin's Revolution -- Ch. 3. Darwin, Mendel, and the Mind -- Ch. 4. The Science of Metamorphoses -- Ch. 5. The Dream of the Human Genome -- Ch. 6. Women Versus the Biologists -- Ch. 7. Sex, Lies, and Social Science -- Ch. 8. The Confusion over Cloning -- Ch....
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New York : New York Review of Books, 2000.
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New York (State)
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2000.
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"In these essays from the New York Review of Books, several of which are here updated with new epilogues, Richard Lewontin demystifies some of the most controversial issues in the life sciences today. On topics ranging from Darwin to Dolly the sheep, including biological determinism, heredity and natural selection, evolutionary psychology and altru...
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It ain't necessarily so : the dream of the human genome and other illusions / by Richard Lewontin.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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N576.5/4
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0940322102 (hbk.)
9780940322103 (acid-free paper)
0940322102 (acid-free paper)
9780940322950 (pbk.)
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9780940322103 (hbk.)
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576.5
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