![]() | August Weismann: Development, Heredity, and Evolution The evolutionist Ernst Mayr considered August Weismann "one of the great biologists of all time." Yet the man who formulated the germ plasm theory--that inheritance is transmitted solely through the nuclei of the egg and sperm cells--has not received an in-depth historical examination. August Weismann reintroduces readers to a towering figure in the life sciences. In this first full-length biography, Frederick Churchill situates Weismann in the swirling intellectual currents of his era and demonstrates how his work paved the way for the modern synthesis of genetics and evolution in the twentieth century. Churchill Frederick B. : Frederick B. Churchill is Emeritus Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. |
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