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Human and Mammalian Cytogenetics : An Historical Perspective PDF
by T. C. Hsu
Part of the Heidelberg Science Library series
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The history of science is mostly written retrospec- tively, a generation or two after the actual events being discussed.
Science historians are now analyzing and evaluating the origins of evolutionary and genetical theory in the nineteenth century and a sort of "Darwin industry" seems to have grown up.
A history of mammalian cytogenetics by one of the main participants is, hence, a very welcome change, since it has a vividness, an immediacy and a personal flavor which these scholarly tomes and the official biog- raphies of scientists mostly lack.
The life of the author, Chinese-born, T. C. Hsu, has been a romantic and color- ful one, and he is himself a unique personality, so that his book is a very unusual blend of reminiscences, history of his special field (which has transformed human genetics) and wise comments on the mistakes made along the way.
The best qualities of a very fine Chinese mind have contributed to Dr. Hsu's career, including this book. Those qualities (which seem to me especially Chinese) include a kind of transparent honesty, a very direct em- pirical approach to problems and superb technical ability.
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- Publisher:Springer New York
- Publication Date:06/12/2012
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- Publisher:Springer New York
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