The Selected Works of C. H. Waddington reissues seven titles from Waddington's impressive oeuvre. The titles in question cover a range of topics, from genetics and embryology to ethics in science and contemporary biological thought.
By C. H. Waddington
January 30, 2022
First published in 1939 (second impression in 1950), this book provides an account of the changes in, and main principles of, genetics at that time. These are illustrated by references to the most authoritative and then recent investigations. Special attention is paid to the way in which genetics ...
By C. H. Waddington
January 30, 2022
First published in 1935 (this edition in 1946), this short account of the science of embryology was the first book in English to provide a simple outline of the whole of this important subject. The study of development is perhaps the best method of approach to the most fundamental of all biological...
By C. H. Waddington
April 08, 2016
The Selected Works of C. H. Waddington reissues seven titles from Waddington's impressive oeuvre. The titles in question cover a range of topics, from genetics and embryology to ethics in science and contemporary biological thought....
By C. H. Waddington
March 31, 2021
First published in 1942 (second impression 1944), this book forms a debate about the endeavour to find an intellectual basis for ethics in science....
By C. H. Waddington
March 31, 2021
First published in 1960, this book discusses the ethical implications of the view of man’s nature and his place in the biological world. C. H. Waddington highlights issues of the time, such as social upheavals related to social mobility, and the changing nature of philosophical thinking in relation...
By C. H. Waddington
March 31, 2021
First published in 1961, this book explains the main trends and problems in modern biological thought, at that time. It was based on lectures presented at the University College of the West Indies, Jamaica, in 1960 to members from different faculties and is therefore an accessible guide for all to ...
By C. H. Waddington
March 31, 2021
First published in 1956, this book was considered the first comprehensive and unitary work on the subject since 1934. It provides an analysis of the relations between genetics and epigenetics, between genes and their effects. The book will be of interest to ebryologists, but also to more general ...
By C. H. Waddington
March 31, 2021
This book explores the relationship between science, culture, and society. It discusses biological assumptions made by various communities on human beings and compares them with the scientific attitude. The book acts as a historical document, conveying some of the feeling of living through WWII....