Biography & Autobiography Environmentalists & Naturalists
The Case of Paul Kammerer
The Most Controversial Biologist of His Time
- Publisher
- Bunim & Bannigan Ltd.
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2019
- Category
- Environmentalists & Naturalists, Evolution, Genetics & Genomics
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781933480480
- Publish Date
- Nov 2019
- List Price
- $27.99
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Description
The Case of Paul Kammerer is a well-researched and highly readable historical account of one of the biggest, till today unsolved scientific scandals. Paul Kammerer, 'the father of epigenetic,' was a talented and idealistic biologist, whose ground-breaking research made headlines worldwide. Vienna at the turn of the 20th century, where Kammerer lived and worked, was at its creative peak yet already declining toward Nazism. The book that reads like a detective story, provides new evidence for the events that led to Kammerer's tragic end while exposing the implicit yet dangerous links between science and politics.
About the authors
With a background in the sociology of science, political science and philosophy, Klaus Taschwer lives in Vienna and is the science editor of the Austrian newspaper Der Standard. He is the founding editor of the science magazine heureka!, the co-author of Konrad Lorenz. A Biography and recipient of the 2016 Austrian State Award for Scientific Journalism.