The Man Who Invented the Chromosome: A Life of Cyril Darlington

Introduction I. Adventures in Lancashire 1. An Improbable Birth 2. A Rising Tide 3. Auspicious Beginnings 4. In Search of Tulips and Truth II. Science 5. From Cytology to Evolution 6. Roots of a Scientific Controversy 7. Method, Discipline and Character Interlude III. Politics 8. The Lysenko Affair 9. Marxism and the Slaying of a Mentor 10. Science in a Changing World IV. Man 11. The Conflict of Science and Society 12. On the Determination of Uncertainty 13. The Breakdown of Classical Genetics 14. On the Uncertainty of Determination 15. One Final Hurrah Conclusion: Paradoxes Bibliography Index