Charles Darwin: Genius or Plodder?
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Anecdotal, Historical and Critical Commentaries on Genetics Charles Darwin: Genius or Plodder?
There is no doubt about the magnitude of Charles Darwin’s contributions to science. There has, however, been a long-running debate about how brilliant he was. His kind of intelligence was clearly different from that of the great physicists who are deemed geniuses. Here, the nature of Darwin’s intelligence is examined in the light of Darwin’s actual style of working. Surprisingly, the world of l...
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عنوان ژورنال: Genetics
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1943-2631
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.109.110452