The Arrival of the Fittest: Biology's Imaginary Futures, 1900-1935

by Jim Endersby

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In the early twentieth century, varied audiences took biology out of the hands of specialists and transformed it into mass culture, transforming our understanding of heredity in the process.

In the early twentieth century communities made creative use of the new theories of heredity in circulation at the time, including the now largely forgotten mutation theory of Hugo de Vries. Science fiction writers, socialists, feminists, and utopians...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0226837548

ISBN13:9780226837543

Release Date:January 2025

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:400 Pages

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy

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