{"product_id":"the-material-basis-of-evolution-reissued-9780300028232","title":"The Material Basis of Evolution: Reissued","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard B. Goldschmidt\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Life Sciences - Evolution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his autobiography, published posthumously in 1960, Richard Goldschmidt wrote: \"I am confident that in twenty years my [work], which is now ignored, will be given an honorable place in the history of evolutionary thought.\" The publication of this edition, now reissued with a new introduction by Stephen Jay Gould, proves Goldschmidt's prediction to be correct. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Goldschmidt, one of the world's great geneticists, delivered the prestigious Silliman lectures at Yale University in 1939 and published his remarks in 1940 as \u003ci\u003eThe Material Basis of Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e. His intent was to inquire into the types of hereditary differences that produce new species. Goldschmidt used a wide range of research to formulate his own picture of evolution. Contrary to most scientists, he insisted that the neo-Darwinist theory of micromutations was no longer tenable as a general theory of evolution. Instead, Goldschmidt claimed, macroevolution accounted for the larger steps in evolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although Goldschmidt's views were reviled by scientists of his day, some of his basic ideas are now gaining acceptance. As Gould writes in his introduction: \"I do...believe that its general vision is uncannily correct (or at least highly fruitful at the moment) in several important areas where conventional Darwinian theory has become both hidebound and unproductive.\"","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47592149418135,"sku":"9780300028232","price":5490.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780300028232.webp?v=1774976485","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-material-basis-of-evolution-reissued-9780300028232","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}