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The Moravian monk and naturalist Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) labored quietly over the years in his abbey's garden, becoming known locally as a reliable meteorologist with an unusually green thumb. He was much more than that, of course, but his transforming experiments in what a later acolyte would call "genetics" were less well known. When he published the results of his many attempts to discover the mechanisms by which traits are passed from one generation to the next--in Mendel's case, in sweet peas--it was in the proceedings of a local scientific study group, and it would take nearly two decades before researchers in more august institutions would in turn discover Mendel's work and apply it to their own revolutionizing biology in the process.
Mendel's life was full of disappointments: he failed his qualifying examinations to teach high school several times, and he had trouble getting the scientific establishment of his day to take him seriously. In her lucid, often moving life of the great (and to all purposes self-taught) scientist, Robin Marantz Henig gives readers a view of the deeply religious man himself and of his work not only in the context of his time but also in light of recent developments in the constantly changing field of genetics. Taking issue with historians of science who have sought to discount Mendel's contributions to the field, she makes a well-defended claim that the monk in his small garden should be honored as a genius: "a man with a vision and the dedication to carry it to its brilliant, radical conclusion." Her book is a fitting, and very welcome, memorial. --Gregory McNamee
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In THE MONK IN THE GARDEN, award-winning author Robin Marantz Henig vividly evokes a little-known chapter in science, taking us back to the birth of genetics, a field that continues to challenge the way we think about life itself. Shrouded in mystery, Gregor Mendel's quiet life and discoveries make for fascinating reading. Among his pea plants Henig finds a tale filled with intrigue, jealousy, and a healthy dose of bad timing. She "has done a remarkable job of fleshing out the myth with what few facts there are" (Washington Post Book World) and has delivered Mendel's story with grace and glittering prose. THE MONK IN THE GARDEN is both a "classic tale of redemption" (New York Times Book Review) and a science book of the highest literary order.
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Propagates a pernicious misconception.......2006-11-29
Henig admittedly takes creative license to fill in some historical gaps, but she goes too far in propagating the misconception that Mendel sent a copy of his paper to Charles Darwin and that Darwin never read it. This urban legend (also brought up by other authors, such as Philip Kitcher) has made its way into newspaper articles and even textbooks. Catalogs of Darwins library in the early 1900's and later made no mention of Mendel's paper. Instead, a secondary source by Focke that mentioned Mendel was in Darwin's library, with the relevant pages uncut. See Andrew Sclater's 2003 article in the Georgia Journal of Science.
an odd little book.......2006-05-23
The Monk In The Garden by, Robin Marantz Henig, is a good book surrounded by a more boring, speculative one. At the core of this "novel," of course, was the explanation of the life and times of Gregor Mendel that helped procure his work on genetics. However, concealing this was much fluff, and unnecessary banter from Henig. The story of the monk growing his peas is a familiar one, to any person having passed a high school biology class, yet the purpose of this novel was to delve further into the unknown to see a side that we have never previously seen. While at times, Henig creates lighthearted descriptions of his rotund body, or widening face, for the most part she generalizes and presupposes that Mendel spent his time looking at objects out windows. For having lived so very long ago, it is amazing someone has been able to so accurately describe their daily life, and without ever meeting them as well? Now if she could only do the same for the many other illusive historical figures.
After reading some reviews, I too picked up on a certain religious bias held by Henig. She seemingly had two agendas in writing this book, both uncovering Mendel's life and work, and discrediting Christianity at any point possible.
While trying to be entertaining, Henig still uses excessively large vocabulary at points, and seems to be mixed up, and frazzled when it comes to her explaining important concepts. Still eagerly trying to explain genetics, Mendel, and how Christianity is wrong, she seems to forget that not everyone reading this book has a PhD in molecular biology. Henig seems to have failed as both a geneticist, and a novelist. Harsh, yet someone publishing a nonfiction book should be 110% sure everything is both correct, and at least factual based on primary resources, not made up chitchat. Plus its just plain boring.
Beneficial.......2005-10-13
I have spent 10 years teaching high school biology, and as such a person, I have a reverence for poor Mendel strugling in his garden.
This book gave me insights into his work, and the work of those who followed, and thus gave me new insight into how to communicate the humanity of these surprised giants to my students; possible giants of the future.
Grossly Inaccurate History--Not to be trusted.......2005-07-29
I'm surprised so many rated this book so highly. As I was reading, I kept asking myself why Henig included so many petty descriptions of Mendel, especially regarding his size: "widening face", "despite his girth", "rotund fellow like Mendel", "his fellow brethren might have been surprised to hear Mendel admit that there was something more important to him than eating", and when Henig calls Mendel "thick-fingered" I looked at the book's cover, and the hand-surgeon in me noticed--normal-sized fingers.
So why does Henig take so many cheap shots, in what's supposed to be a scholarly biography? I've seen plenty of pictures of Mendel, and his size is not conspicuous. Why the constant comments? Why the extensive discussions about the food in the monastery kitchen? And why go on and on about his health difficulties, far in excess of what would be required in a biography? Is there any reason for her almost snide remarks?
But then she did something that made her motives, if not agenda, obvious. On Page 41 she writes a single paragraph that can only be described as outright anti-Catholic bigotry:
" . . . Galileo Galilei, an Italian mathematics professor and devout Catholic (FALSE), faced excommunication (FALSE) for defending those same ideas (i.e., Copernicanism). (FALSE) Official doctrine had changed by then (FALSE) . . . but Galileo . . . refused to renounce his radical ideas (FALSE) . . .
Clearly, Henig is no historian:
1. Galileo was NOT a devout Catholic--he had a mistress who bore him 3 illegitimate children
2. Galileo did not face excommunication, and if Henig had done her homework, she would have known that excommunication was not an option given his crime BECAUSE-->
3. Galileo was NOT brought before the Inquisition for advocating Copernicanism. The Pope had told him NUMEROUS times that the Church did not think Copernicanism was heretical, and that Copernicanism was NOT the issue. The issue was Galileo's insistence that the Church change its interpretation of Scripture to conform to Galileo's REINTERPRETATIONS (at least one of which was wrong), which he had based on Copernicanism. The issue was Galileo's (erroneous) foray into Scriptural re-interpretation, not his astronomy.
4. The Church never took an "official" position on Copernicanism, so it was never an issue of "doctrine", and if Henig had read any reputable historian (Catholic/Protestant/Secular/whatever) she would have known that. (And, no John Paul II did NOT apologize for it in 1992).
5. Of course Galileo renounced his radical ideas. Every junior high school student in America knows he ABJURED--that's why he got house arrest--in his own villa outside Florence. (And no, it was not because he was afraid he'd be tortured--Inquisition rules forbid torture in someone Galileo's age, and he knew that).
One last one: Henig writes: "But natural scientists, if they are intellectually honest, often find themselves taking heretical positions on matters of creation and procreation, positions that challenge the very underpinnings of the Catholic Church." What dishonest nonsense. Here's a (very) brief list of internationally known historians who disagree with Henig: Lindberg, Numbers, Ferngren, Hedley Brooke, Shea, Rowland, Artigas (none of whom, to my knowledge, are Catholics themselves).
I agree with the previous reviewer(s) who mentioned Henig's obvious lack of accuracy when it comes to Christianity, but these errors are so glaring that either she is the most ignorant historian I've read in years, or she's an outright anti-Catholic/Christian bigot.
In either case, these biases/errors/inaccuracies make the book a waste of time. Not that it's not entertaining in parts, but if she can put so many errors/distortions into a single paragraph, the rest of the book is not to be trusted, on any level.
A thoroughly enjoyable read.......2004-12-31
This book is a wonderful historical account of how
Gregor Mendel, the father of modern genetics, came
about to describe the units of heredity.
The story is not only of one monk's personal struggle
to be recognized as a notable and respected scientist
and teacher, but also one of other scientists'
motivations (selfish and unselfish) for scientific
excellence and recognition.
Mendel had to overcome many social and political
challenges along the way to his discovery. Even after
his death, others fought difficult battles for him in
order for Mendel's thoughts to be accepted as the truth,
and to have Mendel himself recognized for his awesome
achievement. The man was truly a genius.
The author does an incredible job compiling the
information available on Mendel, as well as building a
timeline and social environment that allows the reader
to feel as if he/she were truly in the time of Mendel.
This was a thoroughly enjoyable read.
Now the warts...
1. I was a bit disappointed in not getting a more clear
discussion of the concepts Mendel was working with.
The fact that Mendel started out with a clear plan
of attack and then systematically developed a model
that later led to his theory well after he made his
observations was simply posed as a question of whether
he had foresight to do the experiments. It really doesn't
matter, but the answer is obviously yes. He knew what he
was doing. His scientific inquiry and application of
mathematical concepts to the study of heredity was
revolutionary, yet overlooked. He was not ahead of his
time, but rather his peers (and many scientists today)
were (and are) not thinking in Mendel's mathematical terms.
Others were preoccupied with the physical world, but
Mendel was only concerned with the mathematical.
Try to describe the law of gravity to someone and you
will get a nod of understanding as you drop an apple
to the ground. But, try to describe the same using a
mathematical equation...and you will get a blank look,
I guarantee it...just try it for yourself.
2. It seems as if the writer was working with a pencil
(or word processor) in one hand and a thesaurus in the
other. There are so many obscure vocabulary words that
it disrupts the flow of thought. This is just great if
you would like to use the book for teaching high school
students, which may actually be the intent - note the
reference to the author's teenage daughter - but is
very distracting to most other people. In addition, the
flow of thought is interrupted by many long parenthetical
discussions. Sometimes, you just lose sight of the topic.
If you put the book down in mid-chapter, be prepared to
re-read the whole chapter again. I ended up skimming the
entire book several times after reading through the first
time, so I was sure I was getting the whole story.
If you want to use the book as a study guide for the
vocabulary portion of the S.A.T., scrabble championship,
or for jeopardy, you may want to look up the definitions
of words from this short list beforehand:
acerbic
acumen
apogee
apostatic
banal
cacophony
chafed
churlish
comported
dioecious
ecclesiastical
erstwhile
exegesis
heretical
ignominy
imperious
macabre
marshalled
misanthrope
paean
parson
pedagogy
polemic
prescient
propitious
quixotic
rubric
slake
sojourn
stolidity
talisman
tweedy
vituperative
waggish
3. There are some obvious mistakes (typographical or
otherwise) that a geneticist would see immediately, but
may be confusing for someone trying to learn genetics
and reading this book. For example, on page 90, there is
a discussion of dominance that had me scratching my head,
and I have Ph.D. in molecular genetics! Also, on page
240, line 8, replace the word "phenotype" with "genotype"
and you will understand the authors point.
4. Skip the epilogue. Why pontificate about what might be
if Mendel had not done his gardening? Would we be better off
without atomic warheads? What about antibiotics? Hmmm....
Wait...the book is about something entirely different.
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Its helpful.......2000-03-29
This book helped me learn about genetics in a basic form and allowed me to know more in school. It also made me want to learn and create hybrids.
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Long-term environmental effects of chemical exposure have long been of concern and, more recently, chemicals which cause changes to the sexual development of exposed organisms have been identified. It is thought that low-level exposure to a wide range of chemicals may be affecting endocrine function, leading to a reduction in fertility and an increase in reproductive cancers. Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals reviews the scientific evidence and attempts to put the subject into context. Along with an overview of the issue, there is discussion of the specialised aspects in relation to wildlife; environmental oestrogens and male reproduction; and naturally occurring oestrogenic substances. With contributions from representatives of the Medical Research Council's Institute for Environment and Health and the US Environmental Protection Agency, the articles provide a comprehensive and detailed review of current issues. This book will be of interest to a wide readership, including industrial and environmental scientists, managers and policy makers.
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Adsorption of bisphenol-A (CAS 85-05-7), 17@b-estradiole (CAS 50-28-2) and 17@a-ethinylestradiole (CAS 57-63-6) to activated and to inactivated sludge from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) was investigated, thus allowing to distinguish between pure adsorption and biosorption. For the investigated substances the determination of the adsorption kinetics is based on experiments performed according to the OECD guideline 106 and on free concentration measurements in the liquid phase. The description of the adsorption behaviour occurred via Freundlich Adsorption Isotherms. Additionally specific adsorption coefficients K"D, K"O"M and K"O"C were calculated. The results of these calculations were compared to K"O"C values obtained with a HPLC method according to the OECD guideline 121. All substances showed a high adsorption affinity to the adsorbent and in spite of the application of very high initial concentrations no saturation level could be reached. Within a contact time of 24 h, no difference between the adsorption to activated and inactivated sludge could be detected. The calculated K"D values were within a range of about K"D=1000 lkg^-^1 for the investigated compounds and showed a clear concentration dependency in the case of bisphenol-A. Adsorption was also found to depend on pH. The experimentally determined K"O"C values of the investigated substances were significantly higher than the results obtained with the HPLC method described in OECD guideline 121.
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Title: Assessment of estrogenic endocrine-disrupting chemical actions in the brain using in vivo somatic gene transfer.(Research)
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There is increasing environmental concern about the impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on ecosystem sustainability and human health. Many EDCs are present within wastes which are routinely spread to land (e.g. biosolids). The aim of this study was to investigate the behaviour and fate of the EDC, 4-nonylphenol (NP), in a range of soils and to assess the potential risk it may pose to soil and freshwaters environments. We showed that NP was not persistent in soil, that NP mineralization was concentration-dependent and was stimulated by the addition of organic residues (e.g. biosolids, glucose, dead roots) but not by the presence of a rhizosphere. NP had no negative effect on soil respiration or plant growth unless present at extreme concentrations (>=10,000mgNPkg^-^1) and the uptake of NP by plants was very low. While NP was sorbed to the solid phase it could easily be leached from soil. Taking all of our results together, we conclude that the spreading of NP contaminated waste soil to soil probably poses a very low environmental risk to freshwater ecosystems and human health.
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This study employed mechanism-specific in vitro bioassays to help characterize the occurrence and distribution of dioxin-like and estrogenic contaminants in sediment from Yeongil Bay, Korea. Approximately 85% of the sediments tested induced significant dioxin-like activity in the H4IIE-luc bioassay, while approximately 50% induced significant estrogenic activity in the MVLN bioassay. Instrumentally-derived estimates of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and 17@b-estradiol equivalents tended to underestimate the magnitude of response observed in the bioassays, suggesting that compounds detected by chemical analysis did not account for all the activity associated with Yeongil Bay sediments, or that non-additive interactions were occurring. The greatest dioxin-like and estrogenic activity was associated with the mid-polarity Florisil fractions (F2) expected to contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as well as chlorinated dioxins and furans. As in previous studies of Korean coastal sediment, more polar fractions (F3) generated more modest responses both in terms of magnitude and the number of samples responding.
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NF/RO membrane filtration processes have been recognized as an important technology to facilitate water recycling. Those processes are well-proven technologies, which can be used to remove a wide range of contaminants including trace contaminants that are of particular concern in water recycling. However, risk implications in association with brine or concentrate and membrane cleaning wastewater disposal have to date not been adequately understood. This study examines the adsorption and release process of several endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) during NF/RO filtration processes. Results reported here indicate that the membrane can serve as a large reservoir for EDCs and their release may be possible during membrane cleaning or erratic pH variation during operation. Treatment of membrane cleaning solution should be carefully considered when EDCs are amongst the target contaminants in NF/RO membrane filtration.
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Provides a review of developments in the fields of direct and inverse electromagnetic wave scattering. Contributions from leading researchers in these fields from all over the world are gathered in this book to discuss the state of the topic and directions for future research, starting from the fundamental structure of wave scattering problems and finishing with an assessment of the impact of this structure in applications
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Modeling and computations in electromagnetics is a quite novel and growing discipline, expanding as a result of the steadily increasing demand for designing electrical devices, modeling electromagnetic materials, and simulating electromagnetic fields in nanoscale structures. The aim of this volume is to bring together prominent worldwide experts to review state-of-the-art developments and future trends of modeling and computations in electromagnetics. This volume is devoted to merging the expertise of scientists working in this dynamic discipline, and to raising interest for challenging issues. The most significant advances in computational techniques have been made only in the last few years, and several challenging technological applications are presented in this volume.
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Continuing the paperback edition of Charles S. Singleton's translation of The Divine Comedy, this work provides the English-speaking reader with everything he needs to read and understand the Paradiso. This volume consists of the prose translation of Giorgio Petrocchi's Italian text (which faces the translation on each page); its companion volume of commentary is a masterpiece of erudition, offering a wide range of information on such subjects as Dante's vocabulary, his characters, and the historical sources of incidents in the poem. Professor Singleton provides a clear and profound analysis of the poem's basic allegory, and the illustrations, diagrams, and map clarify points that have previously confused readers of The Divine Comedy.
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Reading the Commedia in translation is always second-best to working through it in Italian; but unless you are a native speaker who also knows some Spanish and Latin, it can be tough going. That is where the three Singleton companion volumes are worth their weight in gold. They contain a canto-by-canto analysis of the multiplicity of allusions and references to all things political, philosophical and theological that make the depth of the work virtually unparalled in Western Lit.
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- History: Fiction or Science
- Keepers of the Maser: Lost Village
- Flyboys: A True Story of Courage
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- FE Review Manual: Rapid Preparation for the General Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
- Dead Madonna
- Henry V: The Rebirth of Chivalry
- International Business Transactions: Problems, Cases, And Materials
- Control of macromolecular synthesis;: A study of DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis in bacteria
Rosalind Franklin : The Dark Lady of DNA
History Of Genetics
Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
The Voyage of the Beagle: Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World (Modern Library Classics)
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