Evolution Made to Order: Plant Breeding and Technological Innovation in Twentieth-Century America
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Review of Curry Evolution Made to Order.pdf
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Author(s)
Fitzgerald, Deborah K
Date Issued
June 2017
Journal
Annals of Science
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Citation
Fitzgerald, Deborah. “Evolution Made to Order: Plant Breeding and Technological Innovation in Twentieth-Century America.” Annals of Science 74, 4 (June 2017): 341–342 © 2017 Deborah Fitzgerald
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
In this excellent and timely first book, Helen Anne Curry explores the efforts of both amateur and professional plant breeders to accelerate the appearance of variations in plants by using new technologies. In the history of biology and genetics, this topic has received scant attention despite its obvious importance to our understanding of inheritance and evolution. Drawing on a rich set of untapped primary source materials, she also brings together scholars in history of technology and history of biology, most of whom have never been considered in tandem. With her intellectual curiosity and analytical agility, Curry tells a story that is surprising, provocative and generative.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1080/00033790.2017.1339123
