Author: HENIG, ROBIN MARANTZ
Title: A monk and two peas : the story of Gregor Mendel and the discovery of genetics / Robin Marantz Henig
Description: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2000. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Provenance; from the Birmingham Medical Institute with its presentation plate. being presented by the Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund. Physical description; vi. 278 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Notes; Also published in the United States under the title: The monk in the garden (N.Y. : Houghton Mifflin. 2000). Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-272) and index. Contents; Prologue: Spring 1900 -- Act one -- 1. In the glasshouse -- 2. Southern exposure -- 3. Between science and God -- 4. Breakdown in Vienna -- 5. Back to the garden -- 6. Crossings -- 7. First harvest -- 8. Eve's homunculus -- 9. The flowering of Darwinism -- 10. Garden reflections -- 11. Full moon in February -- Interlude -- 12. The silence -- 13. 'My time will come' -- Act two -- 14. Synchronicity -- 15. Mendel redux -- 16. The monk's bulldog -- 17. A death in Oxford -- 18. Inventing Mendelism -- 19. A statue in Mendelplatz -- Epilogue: Another spring. Summary; Experimenting with peas in his garden in order to discover how species change. adapt and arise anew. Gregor Mendel worked out the basics of the science of genetics. Ignored in his lifetime. 35 years later the significance of his work became apparent. Subjects; Mendel. Gregor (1822-1884). Mendel. Gregor (1822-1884) — Studies. Geneticists — Austria — Biography. Genetics — Austria — History. Genetics — Biography. Genetics — history. Geneticists — Czechoslovakia — Biography. Biologists — Czechoslovakia — Biography. Biology — Czechoslovakia — History. Genetics. Austria. Science — History. Mendel. Gregor Johann (1822-1884). Genetics (non-medical). Popular science. Biography & Autobiography / General. Science / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics. Science / General. Mendel. Gregor. Genres; Bibliography. Biographies. Biography. Illustrated. ISBN: 0297643657. Weight in Kg appr.:

Keywords: 0297643657