6. Roots of a Scientific Controversy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I FROM CHORLEY TO TABRIZ
6. 1. An Improbable Birth 7
7. 2. A Rising Tide 21
8. 3. Auspicious Beginnings 32
9. 4. In Search of Tulips and Truth 49
10. II SCIENCE
11. 5. From Cytology to Evolution 69
12. 6. Roots of a Scientific Controversy 89
13. 7. Method, Discipline, and Character 105
14. Interlude 126
15. III POLITICS
16. 8. The Lysenko Mfair 139
17. 9. Marxism and the Slaying of a Mentor 153
18. 10. Science in a Changing World 169
19. IV MAN
20. 11. The Conflict of Science and Society 191
21. 12. On the Determination of Uncertainty 206
22. 13. The Breakdown of Classical Genetics 222
23. 14. On the Uncertainty of Determination 235
24. 15. One Final Hurrah 253
25. Conclusion: Paradoxes 262
26. Notes 275
27. Index 319