Troublesome Science: The Misuse of Genetics and Genomics in Understanding Race

by Rob DeSalle

It is well established that all humans today, wherever they live, belong to one single species. Yet even many people who claim to abhor racism take for granted that human "races" have a biological reality. In Troublesome Science, Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall provide a lucid and forceful critique of how scientific tools have been misused to uphold misguided racial categorizations.

DeSalle and Tattersall argue that taxonomy, the scientific...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231185723
• ISBN13: 9780231185721
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"