{"product_id":"the-triple-helix-gene-organism-and-environment-9780674006775","title":"The Triple Helix: Gene, Organism, and Environment","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of our most brilliant evolutionary biologists, Richard Lewontin has also been a leading critic of those--scientists and non-scientists alike--who would misuse the science to which he has contributed so much. In \u003ci\u003eThe Triple Helix\u003c\/i\u003e, Lewontin the scientist and Lewontin the critic come together to provide a concise, accessible account of what his work has taught him about biology and about its relevance to human affairs. In the process, he exposes some of the common and troubling misconceptions that misdirect and stall our understanding of biology and evolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe central message of this book is that we will never fully understand living things if we continue to think of genes, organisms, and environments as separate entities, each with its distinct role to play in the history and operation of organic processes. Here Lewontin shows that an organism is a unique consequence of both genes and environment, of both internal and external features. Rejecting the notion that genes determine the organism, which then adapts to the environment, he explains that organisms, influenced in their development by their circumstances, in turn create, modify, and choose the environment in which they live. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Triple Helix\u003c\/i\u003e is vintage Lewontin: brilliant, eloquent, passionate, and deeply critical. But it is neither a manifesto for a radical new methodology nor a brief for a new theory. It is instead a primer on the complexity of biological processes, a reminder to all of us that living things are never as simple as they may seem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLewontin, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Richard Lewontin was Alexander Agassiz Research Professor of Zoology, Emeritus, at the Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology. His many books include \u003ci\u003eBiology and Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNot in Our Genes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHuman Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491875033362,"sku":"9780674006775","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_299269b7-92da-44de-8e59-4459d9ce03ea.jpg?v=1730559894","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-triple-helix-gene-organism-and-environment-9780674006775","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}