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Human and Mammalian Cytogenetics: An Historical Perspective

Human and Mammalian Cytogenetics: An Historical Perspective

Hsu, T. C.

Paperback

Series: Heidelberg Science Library

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ISBN10: 038790364X
ISBN13: 9780387903644
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jun 18 1979
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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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