Biologists and the Promise of American Life: From Meriwether Lewis to Alfred Kinsey

by Philip J. Pauly

Book Overview

Explorers, evolutionists, eugenicists, sexologists, and high school biology teachers--all have contributed to the prominence of the biological sciences in American life. In this book, Philip Pauly weaves their stories together into a fascinating history of biology in America over the last two hundred years.

Beginning with the return of the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1806, botanists and zoologists identified science with national culture,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691092869
• ISBN13: 9780691092867
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"