| Description |
viii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-279) and index; expanded bibliography and footnotes found only on the World Wide Web. |
| Summary |
A study of the groundbreaking work in genetics conducted by Gregor Mendel, acclaimed as the father of modern genetics, argues that the Moravian monk was far ahead of his time. |
| Contents |
Spring 1900 -- In the glasshouse -- Southern exposure -- Between science and God -- Breakdown in Vienna -- Back to the garden -- Crossings -- First harvest -- Eve's homunculus -- The flowering of Darwinism -- Garden reflections -- Full moon in February -- The silence -- "My time will come" -- Synchronicity -- Mendel redux -- The monk's bulldog -- A death in Oxford -- Inventing Mendelism -- A statue in Meldelplatz -- Another spring. |
| Subject |
Mendel, Gregor, 1822-1884.
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Mendel, Gregor, 1822-1884.
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Geneticists -- Austria -- Biography.
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Genetics -- Biography.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Henig, Robin Marantz. Monk in the garden. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000 (OCoLC)606277537 |
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Online version: Henig, Robin Marantz. Monk in the garden. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000 (OCoLC)630339817 |
| ISBN |
0395977657 |
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9780395977651 |
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0618127410 paperback |
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9780618127412 paperback |
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