Zach B. Hancock | A People's History of Darwinism @talkpopgen | Uploaded June 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
The prevailing narrative among biologists is that Darwin's theory of natural selection was readily accepted by the scientific community. In reality, Darwin's theory was hotly contested for over 40 years due to deep animosity between the "Darwinians" and the "Mendelians". In this video, I examine the social and political components of these disputes, noting that science is fundamentally a social institution that shapes and is shaped by the social and political environment in which it is performed.
CORRECTION: I say "Dryer" instead of "Dyer" when talking about William Turner Thiselton-Dyer.
#evolution #education #historyofscience #darwin #darwinism
Further reading:
R.C. Lewontin, 1991. "Biology As Ideology". Harper Perennial, New York, NY.
W. Provine, 1971. "Origins of Theoretical Population Genetics". University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
Evolution's Trinity: youtube.com/watch?v=Gr9HpsRAImo
The prevailing narrative among biologists is that Darwin's theory of natural selection was readily accepted by the scientific community. In reality, Darwin's theory was hotly contested for over 40 years due to deep animosity between the "Darwinians" and the "Mendelians". In this video, I examine the social and political components of these disputes, noting that science is fundamentally a social institution that shapes and is shaped by the social and political environment in which it is performed.
CORRECTION: I say "Dryer" instead of "Dyer" when talking about William Turner Thiselton-Dyer.
#evolution #education #historyofscience #darwin #darwinism
Further reading:
R.C. Lewontin, 1991. "Biology As Ideology". Harper Perennial, New York, NY.
W. Provine, 1971. "Origins of Theoretical Population Genetics". University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
Evolution's Trinity: youtube.com/watch?v=Gr9HpsRAImo
