Biology: Decade by Decade (Twentieth-Century Science) - Hardcover

Haugen, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816055300 ISBN 13: 9780816055302

Publisher: Facts on File, 2007

Synopsis

Around 1900, a handful of European biologists conducted groundbreaking research that reshaped the way general heredity and biological evolution was viewed. Leading the way in this exciting field, Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk, studied the patterns of inherited physical traits for more than 20 years before his work was finally recognized toward the end of the 19th century. of the 20th century, and features the work of professional biologists and such accomplishments as Mendel's amateur work with the physical mechanism by which living things replicate themselves. Documenting the biological discoveries of this century, this exciting volume heralds the mighty breakthroughs of biology as they emerged at the beginning of the 20th century and throughout.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Haugen is an accomplished university lecturer and journalist and is the author of World History For Dummies. He contributed to the books Condensed Knowledge and Forbidden Knowledge, and he has been a frequent contributor to History magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Facts on File
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0816055300
• ISBN 13: 9780816055302
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Cannon William J.