Description
Few of us know much about the biology of sex determination, but what could be more interesting than to discover how we are shaped into males and females? In this book, Elof Carlson tells the incredible story of the difficult quest to understand how the body forms girls and boys. Carlson's history takes us from antiquity to the present day to detail how each component of human reproduction and sexuality was identified and studied, how this knowledge enlarged our understanding of sex determination, and how it was employed to interpret such little understood aspects of human biology as the origin of intersex births.
Author: Elof Axel Carlson
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: 02/01/2013
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780253006455
ISBN10: 0253006457
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Human Sexuality (see also Social Science | Human Sexuality)
- Science | Life Sciences | Genetics & Genomics
- Science | History
About the Author
Elof Carlson is Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at Stony Brook University. A geneticist and historian of science, he is author of The Gene: A Critical History; Genes, Radiation, and Society: The Life and Work of H. J. Muller; The Unfit: A History of a Bad Idea; Mendel's Legacy: The Origin of Classical Genetics; Times of Triumph, Times of Doubt: Science and the Battle for Public Trust; and Neither Gods Nor Beasts: How Science Is Changing Who We Think We Are.