Oral history interview with Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky, 1962
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky, 1962
Abstract
Childhood and education in Russia; early interest in genetics; experiences during revolutionary and post revolutionary years; training in genetics in Russia; Rockefeller fellowship to work in United States, 1928; California Institute of Technology, 1930-1940; professor of zoology, Columbia University, 1940. Detailed descriptions of work with T.H. Morgan, A.H. Sturtevant, and C.B. Bridges. Problems of artificial selection; racism; Zoology Department, Columbia University, 1940-1962; research in California, Mexico, Brazil; Latin American scientists; travels to New Guinea, Australia, Egypt, India, Indonesia. Impressions of noted scientists
Zoologists; Geneticists; Genetics; Zoology; Breeding; Soviet Union History; Dobzhansky, Theodosius Grigorievich, 1900-1975; Columbia University; California Institute of Technology
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1962
Physical Description
637 pages
Note (Biographical)
Geneticist
Note (Funding)
Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Note
Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010