Gregor Mendel: And the Roots of Genetics

by Edward Edelson

Book Overview

When Gregor Mendel passed away in 1884, not a single scholar recognized his epochal contributions to biology. The unassuming abbot of the Augustinian monastery in Brno (in today's Czech Republic) was rediscovered at the turn of the century when scientists were stunned to learn that their
findings about inheritance had already been made by an unknown monk three decades earlier. A dedicated researcher who spent every spare hour in the study of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195122267
• ISBN13: 9780195122268
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12