Joshua Lederberg, Nobel laureate and president of Rockefeller University, is well known in biology circles. Not so his wife, Dr. Esther Lederberg – whose name was drowned in the annals of the history ...

WRITERS on the history of science are too often addicted to anecdote, ancestor worship, and undue preoccupation with the blind alleys of scientific inquiry and speculation. Dr. Singer's new book has ...

The preeminent biologist, who just turned 100, reflects on his prolific career and the history, philosophy and future of his field Claudio Angelo: What is the book about? Ernst Mayr: What the book is ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Journal of the History of Biology is devoted to the history of the biological sciences, with additional interest and concern in ...

Quantum biology, a young and increasingly popular science genre, isn't as new as many believe, with a complicated and somewhat dark history, explain the founders of the world's first quantum biology ...

Darren Curnoe receives funding from the Australian Research Council. How many kinds of plants and animals are there in the world? Where do humans fit within the vast fabric of life? Indeed, how did ...

The Journal of the History of Biology is devoted to the history of the biological sciences, with additional interest and concern in philosophical and social issues confronting biology. While all ...

A new study takes a tour of the history of research into human embryology and development to show the "cycles of attention" that led to major scientific breakthroughs. Analyzing the past sheds light ...

Some of the most iconic images in biology hold a dark secret. Haeckel’s Embryos: Images, evolution, and fraud delves into their history IT’s embarrassing but true: some of the most influential ...