The American Development of Biology

by Ronald Rainger (Editor), Keith R. Benson (Editor), Jane Maienschein (Editor)

Overview

Selected as one of the Best "Sci-Tech" Books of 1988 by Library Journal

The essays in this volume represent original work to celebrate the centenary of the American Society of Zoologists. They illustrate the impressive nature of historical scholarship that has subsequently focused on the development of biology in the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780812280920
Publisher:	University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Publication date:	06/29/1988
Series:	Anniversary Collection
Edition description:	Reprint 2016 ed.
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Editorial Reviews

"Fills in the gap and sets the record straight concerning the diversity, the complexity, and the general richness of biological theory and practice in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."

Bulletin of the History of Medicine

"History of science at its modern best."

Nature W. J. Bynum

"Intelligently organized and presented. . . . The essays bespeak the expansion in recent years of the study of the history of biology . . . beyond the pure history of ideas to include social, economic, and institutional context and its shaping influence on scientific research programs."

Science Daniel J. Kevles

"Intelligently organized and presented. . . . The essays bespeak the expansion in recent years of the study of the history of biology . . . beyond the pure history of ideas to include social, economic, and institutional context and its shaping influence on scientific research programs."—Daniel J. Kevles, Science "Fills in the gap and sets the record straight concerning the diversity, the complexity, and the general richness of biological theory and practice in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."—Bulletin of the History of Medicine "History of science at its modern best."—W. J. Bynum, Nature

From the Publisher

Modern American biology began roughly a hundred years ago. These ten scholarly papers, presented at a Friday Harbor Conference (1986), examine the nascent discipline in its early decades. Through their originality and readability, all capture the excitement of those beginning years while probing a diversity of topics: formation of societies, academic programs, institutions, and individuals. Not intended to be comprehensive, the book's organization builds a collage drawn from current research on this unique era. Highly recommended for all biology and history of science collections and good for lay readers. Michael D. Cramer, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. Lib., Blacksburg

Library Journal

A reprint of the U. of Penn. Press edition (1988) based on papers presented at Friday Harbor (Wash.) Laboratories in Sept. 1986. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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