Thinking about Evolution Historical, Philosophical, and Political Perspectives

Thinking about EvolutionHistorical, Philosophical, and Political Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Rama S. Singh, Costas B. Krimbas, Diane B. Paul, John Beatty\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521178310, 978-0521178310\nSynopsis\nOriginally published in 2001, this is the second of two volumes published by Cambridge University Press in honour of Richard Lewontin. This second volume of essays honours the philosophical, historical and political dimensions of his work. It is fitting that the volume covers such a wide range of perspectives on modern biology, given the range of Lewontin's own contributions. He is not just a very successful practitioner of evolutionary genetics, but a rigorous critic of the practices of genetics and evolutionary biology and an articulate analyst of the social, political and economic contexts and consequences of genetic and evolutionary research. The volume begins with an essa.