Description:
Selected as one of the Best "Sci-Tech" Books of 1988 by Library Journal
The essays in this volume represent original work to celebrate the centenary of the American Society of Zoologists. They illustrate the impressive nature of historical scholarship that has subsequently focused on the development of biology in the United States.Review Quotes: "Intelligently organized and presented. . . . The essays bespeak the expansion in recent years of the study of the history of biology . . . beyond the pure history of ideas to include social, economic, and institutional context and its shaping influence on scientific research programs."-- "Daniel J. Kevles, Science"