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Box MS Add.8632/C.1-C.19: Box 8

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Scientific topics and controversies, 1888-1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8634/C.1-C.47
Scope and Contents 'Scientific topics and controversies' presents a sequence of separate groups of papers in chronological order. A number of significant scientific debates are documented, including Bateson's challenge to findings on variation in cineraria (1892-1897); the controversies over Homotyposis and Karl Pearson's theories on heredity (1895-1908); Paul Kammerer's ideas (1907-1926); and the 'Datura' controversy (1920-1921). There is also material relating to research on 'Crab variation' and the...
Dates: 1888-1926
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