How Long to Read A Cultural History of Heredity

How Long Does it Take to Read A Cultural History of Heredity?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 51 minutes to read A Cultural History of Heredity by Staffan Müller-Wille

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

“Thought-provoking…any scientist interested in genetics will find this an enlightening look at the history of this field.”—Quarterly Review of Biology It was only around 1800 that heredity began to enter debates among physicians, breeders, and naturalists. Soon thereafter, it evolved into one of the most fundamental concepts of biology. Here, Staffan Muller-Wille and Hans-Jorg Rheinberger offer a succinct cultural history of the scientific concept of heredity. They outline the dramatic changes the idea has undergone since the early modern period and describe the political and technological developments that brought about these changes. They begin with an account of premodern theories of generation, showing that these were concerned with the procreation of individuals rather than with hereditary transmission, and reveal that when hereditarian thinking first emerged, it did so in a variety of cultural domains, such as politics and law, medicine, natural history, breeding, and anthropology. The authors then track theories of heredity from the late nineteenth century—when leading biologists considered it in light of growing societal concerns with race and eugenics—through the rise of classical and molecular genetics in the twentieth century, to today, as researchers apply sophisticated information technologies to understand heredity. What we come to see from this exquisite history is why it took such a long time for heredity to become a prominent concept in the life sciences, and why it gained such overwhelming importance in those sciences and the broader culture over the last two centuries.

How long is A Cultural History of Heredity?

A Cultural History of Heredity by Staffan Müller-Wille is 339 pages long, and a total of 87,801 words.

This makes it 114% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Cultural History of Heredity Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 59 minutes to read A Cultural History of Heredity aloud.

What Reading Level is A Cultural History of Heredity?

A Cultural History of Heredity is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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