Informative, entertaining, lucid, forceful, frequently witty . . . never dull . . . should be read and remembered for a long time."New York Times Book Review
"The authors argue persuasively that biological explanations for why we act as we do are based on faulty (in some cases, fabricated) data and wild speculation. . . . It is debunking at its best."Psychology Today
"An important and timely book"Stephen Jay Gould
Not in our Genes systematically exposes and dismantles the claims that inequalitiesclass, race, genderare the products of biological, genetic inheritances.
Richard Lewontin (1929-2021) was an an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist, academic and social commentator. Lewontin was a leader in developing the mathematical basis of population genetics and evolutionary theory, he pioneered the application of techniques from molecular biology, to questions of genetic variation.
Steven Rose is emeritus Professor of Biology and Neurobiology at the Open University and Gresham College, London.ISBN: 9781608467273
Publication date: March 28, 2017
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