The Development of Evolutionary Genetics: From Early Ideas on Evolution to the Modern Synthesis - Softcover

Gorroochurn, Prakash

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3031693760 ISBN 13: 9783031693762

Publisher: Springer, 2025

Synopsis

The books describes the historical development of evolutionary genetics, starting from early ideas on evolution and ending with the modern synthesis. It provides an extensive coverage of the history of both evolution and heredity, and gives detailed descriptions of the works of Lamarck, Darwin, Mendel, Näageli, Weismann, de Vries, Galton, Pearson, Bateson, Johannsen, Morgan, Fisher, Wright and Haldane, amongst many others. The book does not deal only with a description of historical work: it also analyses and critiques existing theories and evolutionary beliefs throughout history, and discusses several controversies between biologists.

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About the Author

Dr Prakash Gorroochurn, Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at Columbia University, obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematical Population Genetics from Monash University, Australia. He is an Associate Editor of the journals The American Statistician. His research interests include mathematical population genetics, genetic epidemiology, and the history of probability and statistics.

He is also the author of the book “Classic Problems of Probability” which won the 2012 PROSE Award for Mathematics from The American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence. 

From the Back Cover

The books describes the historical development of evolutionary genetics, starting from early ideas on evolution and ending with the modern synthesis. It provides an extensive coverage of the history of both evolution and heredity, and gives detailed descriptions of the works of Lamarck, Darwin, Mendel, Näageli, Weismann, de Vries, Galton, Pearson, Bateson, Johannsen, Morgan, Fisher, Wright and Haldane, amongst many others. The book does not deal only with a description of historical work: it also analyses and critiques existing theories and evolutionary beliefs throughout history, and discusses several controversies between biologists.

"My overall view is that the level of detail is wonderful and makes for a highly informative read. But what is also very interesting is…focus on some work that is typically not discussed in the histories of the Modern Synthesis (including my own!). I think this is a tremendous contribution and will help to broaden scholarship here..."  Tom Dickins, Middlesex University

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3031693760
• ISBN 13: 9783031693762
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 825