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'The book offers a gold mine of information for historians of breeding and of the agricultural sciences more generally, and several of its overreaching themes are potentially of interest to a wider range of historians.'
- Jonathan Harwood - Isis Journal September 2016'This is a historian with deep and personal fascination for the world of animal breeding... There is much information in this book. It can be used as a reference for the key movements, ideas and people in the history of animal breeding.'
- Jennifer Adlem - The British Journal for the History of Science vol 49:01:2016'Masterminding Nature is an informative account of the various innovations that have marked the livestock industry.'
- Anna Thompson Hajdik - Business History Review vol 90:01:2016'This is a richly informative book that draws on Derry's academic training and long experience as practical breeder.'
- Ann Norton Greene - Agricultural History vol 90:01:2016'Masterminding Nature is an ambitious and a valuable contribution to the literature.'
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