Of Moths and Men: An Evolutionary Tale, by Hooper, Judith
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Of Moths and Men: An Evolutionary Tale, by Hooper, Judith. W.W. Norton: New York, 202. Edition: First American Edition stated. ISBN: 0393051218. Hardcover, 8vo, 377 pages. Quarter bound in brown cloth over ecru-colored paper-covered boards; gilt lettering on spine; silhouette of moth in brown on lower right front cover. Illustrated with 8 plates (4 leaves) of black and white photographs and other black and white illustrations in the text. Includes bibliotraphical references and Index.

Condition: Fine in a Fine jacket.

Contents: Publisher's note:

An expose of the famous peppered moth experiment that proved 'evolution in action,' this book reveals the very human elements of science and scientific experimentation that, more than the facts themselves, ultimately determine the fate of an idea.

H.B.D. Kettlewell was a British doctor who caught butterflies and moths as a all-consuming hobby. He went into the English woods with a mission--to catch "evolution in action" among the now famous peppered moths. His work became "Darwin's missing evidence," a fixture in biology textbooks for half a century. Only recently has new research brought a different story to light. Compellingly told, OF MOTHS AND MEN reveals Kettlewell as a deluded scientist who distorted facts and suppressed evidence he didn't like. Tyrannized by his mentor, the powerful E. B. Ford--an imperious misogynist and eccentric Oxford don who was a Darwinian zealot determined to crush all enemies in his path--Kettlewell ended his life a suicide. A story of hubris and heartbreak, OF MOTHS AND MEN revels as much about the internecine battles of science as it does about the mysteries of evolution.