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Richard Lewontin

20th-21st Century

Richard Lewontin (1929-2021) was an influential American evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and philosopher of science. A professor at Harvard University, he pioneered the application of molecular biology techniques to evolutionary genetics and was a central figure in developing the field of population genetics. He was also a prominent critic of biological determinism and a committed public intellectual who engaged with the social and political implications of science.

Evolutionary BiologyPopulation GeneticsPhilosophy of Science

The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change
Not in Our Genes (with Steven Rose and Leon J. Kamin)
Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The Triple Helix: Gene, Organism, and Environment
It Ain't Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions

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