We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
How Many Times Can You Be Wrong and Still Be Right? T. H. Morgan, Evolution, Chromosomes and the Origins of Modern Genetics.
- Authors
Allen, Garland
- Abstract
Science textbooks and classes mostly emphasize what are considered by today's standards the 'right' or 'correct' interpretations of particular phenomena or processes. When 'incorrect' ideas of the past are mentioned at all, it is simply to point out their errors, with little attention as to why the ideas were put forward in the first place, or ever gained a following. A strong case can be made, however, for presenting contrasting or even what are considered today 'wrong' hypotheses as a way of not only emphasizing the dynamic nature of science (which is punctuated throughout by controversies and contrasting views), but also as a way of helping students better understand the details and workings of contemporary views. This article will illustrate these claims by examining the work of embryologist-turned-geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan in the early decades of the twentieth century.
- Subjects
GENETICS -- History; SCIENTIFIC errors; MORGAN, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945; HISTORY of science; BIOLOGICAL evolution -- History; BIOLOGICAL evolution; GENETICS; CHROMOSOMES; GENETICS education; EDUCATION
- Publication
Science & Education, 2015, Vol 24, Issue 1/2, p77
- ISSN
0926-7220
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11191-013-9664-8