Human and Mammalian Cytogenetics : An Historical Perspective

T. C. Hsu

ISBN 10: 038790364X / ISBN 13: 9780387903644

Edité par Springer New York, Springer New York, 1979

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The history of science is mostly written retrospec tively, a generation or two after the actual events being discussed. Science historians are now analyzing and evaluating the origins of evolutionary and genetical theory in the nineteenth century and a sort of 'Darwin industry' seems to have grown up. A history of mammalian cytogenetics by one of the main participants is, hence, a very welcome change, since it has a vividness, an immediacy and a personal flavor which these scholarly tomes and the official biog raphies of scientists mostly lack. The life of the author, Chinese-born, T. C. Hsu, has been a romantic and color ful one, and he is himself a unique personality, so that his book is a very unusual blend of reminiscences, history of his special field (which has transformed human genetics) and wise comments on the mistakes made along the way. The best qualities of a very fine Chinese mind have contributed to Dr. Hsu's career, including this book. Those qualities (which seem to me especially Chinese) include a kind of transparent honesty, a very direct em pirical approach to problems and superb technical ability.

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• Titre: Human and Mammalian Cytogenetics : An Historical Perspective
• Éditeur: Springer New York, Springer New York
• Date de parution: 1979
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 038790364X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780387903644
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 235 L x 155 H x 12 P (en millimètres) 235 millimètres de largeur par 155 millimètres de hauteur par 12 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 318 grammes

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The history of science is mostly written retrospec- tively, a generation or two after the actual events being discussed. Science historians are now analyzing and evaluating the origins of evolutionary and genetical theory in the nineteenth century and a sort of "Darwin industry" seems to have grown up. A history of mammalian cytogenetics by one of the main participants is, hence, a very welcome change, since it has a vividness, an immediacy and a personal flavor which these scholarly tomes and the official biog- raphies of scientists mostly lack. The life of the author, Chinese-born, T. C. Hsu, has been a romantic and color- ful one, and he is himself a unique personality, so that his book is a very unusual blend of reminiscences, history of his special field (which has transformed human genetics) and wise comments on the mistakes made along the way. The best qualities of a very fine Chinese mind have contributed to Dr. Hsu's career, including this book. Those qualities (which seem to me especially Chinese) include a kind of transparent honesty, a very direct em- pirical approach to problems and superb technical ability.