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Theodosius Dobzhansky

Born

in Nemyriv, Ukraine

January 25, 1900

Died

December 18, 1975

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Theodosius Grygorovych Dobzhansky (Ukrainian: Теодо́сій Григо́рович Добжа́нський; Russian: Феодо́сий Григо́рьевич Добржа́нский) , Ph.D. (University of Leningrad, 1927; B.S., Biology, University of Kiev, 1921), was a prominent geneticist and evolutionary biologist, one of the central figures in modern evolutionary synthesis; his major work concerning the latter is "Genetics and the Origin of Species", published in 1937. He emigrated to the USA in 1927 on a scholarship from the Rockefeller Foundation.

Dobzhansky was the recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1964 and the Franklin Medal in 1973. ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 220 ratings · 29 reviews · 68 distinct works

	Genetics and the Origin of Species (The Columbia Classics in Evolution) by Theodosius Dobzhansky, Niles Eldredge (Editor), Stephen Jay Gould (Introduction) 4.18 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1937 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mankind Evolving: The Evolution of the Human Species (The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series) 3.90 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1962 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Genetic Diversity & Human Equality 3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1973 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Biology of Ultimate Concern 3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evolution by Theodosius Dobzhansky, Francisco J. Ayala, G. Ledyard Stebbins 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1977 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Genetics of the evolutionary process 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1970 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heredity and the Nature of Man 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1965 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Biological Basis of Human Freedom. 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1956 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Human Culture: A Moment in Evolution 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.”
― Theodosius Dobzhansky, Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution

tags: biology, evidence, evolution, natural-selection, science, sense

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“No evidence is powerful enough to force acceptance of a conclusion that is emotionally distasteful.”
― Theodosius Dobzhansky

tags: illogical, irrationality, stupidity, unscientific, wishful-thinking

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“Nature's stern discipline enjoins mutual help at least as often as warfare. The fittest may also be the gentlest.”
― Theodosius Dobzhansky, Mankind Evolving: The Evolution of the Human Species

tags: altruism, biology, evolution, genes, gentleness, human-evolution, natural-selection, science, survival, survival-of-the-fittest

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