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- catalog abstract ""Born by mistake, or connivance, to struggling parents in a small Lancashire cotton town in 1903, an uninspired Cyril Darlington escaped the obscurity of farming life and rose, against all odds, to become the world's greatest expert on chromosomes and one of the most penetrating biological thinkers of the twentieth century. Harman follows Darlington's path from bleak prospects to world fame, showing how, within the most miniscule of worlds, he sought answers to the biggest questions - how species originate, how variation occurs, how nature, both blind and foreboding, random and insightful, makes its way from deep past to unknown future. But Darlington did not stop there: Chromosomes held within their tiny confines untold, dark truths about man and his culture. This passionate conviction led the once famed Darlington down a path of rebuke, isolation, and finally obscurity. Just as Darlington's work provoked him to ask questions about the link between biology and culture, the story of his life raises fundamental questions about the link between science and society."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13161743.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Born by mistake, or connivance, to struggling parents in a small Lancashire cotton town in 1903, an uninspired Cyril Darlington escaped the obscurity of farming life and rose, against all odds, to become the world's greatest expert on chromosomes and one of the most penetrating biological thinkers of the twentieth century. Harman follows Darlington's path from bleak prospects to world fame, showing how, within the most miniscule of worlds, he sought answers to the biggest questions - how species originate, how variation occurs, how nature, both blind and foreboding, random and insightful, makes its way from deep past to unknown future. But Darlington did not stop there: Chromosomes held within their tiny confines untold, dark truths about man and his culture.".
- catalog description "I. From Chorley to Tabriz -- II. Science -- III. Politics -- IV. Man.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-318) and index.".
- catalog description "This passionate conviction led the once famed Darlington down a path of rebuke, isolation, and finally obscurity. Just as Darlington's work provoked him to ask questions about the link between biology and culture, the story of his life raises fundamental questions about the link between science and society."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "x, 329 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0674013336 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "England.".
- catalog subject "2004 H-351".
- catalog subject "576.5/092 B 22".
- catalog subject "Darlington, C. D. (Cyril Dean), 1903-".
- catalog subject "Darlington, C. D. (Cyril Dean), 1903-1981.".
- catalog subject "Geneticists England Biography.".
- catalog subject "Genetics England Biography.".
- catalog subject "Genetics England History.".
- catalog subject "History, 20th Century England.".
- catalog subject "QH429.2.D37 H37 2004".
- catalog subject "WZ 100 D2199H 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. From Chorley to Tabriz -- II. Science -- III. Politics -- IV. Man.".
- catalog title "The man who invented the chromosome : a life of Cyril Darlington / Oren Solomon Harman.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".