Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. Prologue VII
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. Fisher: A New Language for Evolutionary Research 9
6. 3. Wright: Random Genetic Drift, a Concept Out of Control 19
7. 4. Haldane: A Mathematical-Philosophical Biologist Weighs in 27
8. 5. Early Reception of the Fisher-Haldane-Wright Theory 30
9. 6. Dobzhansky: The Faraday of Biology? 35
10. 7. Evidence for Natural Selection before 1941 39
11. 8. Huxley: A New Synthesis Is Proclaimed 46
12. 9. Mayr: Systematics and the Founder Principle 51
13. 10. Simpson: No Straight and Narrow Path for Paleontology 56
14. 11. Stebbins: Plants Are Also Selected 60
15. 12. Chromosome Inversions in Drosophila 62
16. 13. Ford: Unlucky Blood Groups 68
17. 14. Resistance to Antibiotics 74
18. 15. Two Great Debates: Snails and Tiger Moths 76
19. 16. Dunkers and Drift 79
20. 17. Gould: Why Did the Synthesis Harden? The Changing Views of Dobzhansky and Wright 81
21. 18. Why Did the Synthesis Harden? The Views of Other Founders and Leaders 87
22. 19. The Peppered Moth 91
23. 20. The Triumph of Natural Selection? 94
24. 21. Is Evolutionary Theory Scientific? 103
25. 22. Context and Conclusions 114
26. Acknowledgments 129
27. Tables 131
28. Bibliography 137
29. Index 171