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FitzRoy: The Remarkable Story of Darwin's Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast.(Book Review)
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FitzRoy: The Remarkable Story of Darwin's Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast
John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin.
2003. 352 pp. $35. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. ISBN: 0300103611.
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This book tells the story of Robert FitzRoy, the captain of the HMS Beagle. He accomplished enough in his own right to be regarded as a historical figure above and beyond his service to Darwin.
FitzRoy invited Darwin as naturalist on a surveying trip to South America, and the maps they produced helped future ...
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Gregor Johann Mendel.
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The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics.(Book review)
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Gregor Johann Mendal
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NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA'S 'CANOPY MEG' TO RECEIVE MENDEL MEDAL FOR ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
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; ...scientific research society. Past recipients of the Mendel Medal, which was first awarded in 1929, include...inspired me to make new discoveries." The Mendel Medal is named for Gregor Johann Mendel, the Augustinian monastery abbot who discovered...
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The gardener who dug deep
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Medical ethics to be focal point of talks at Genetics Congress
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All-round sporting star; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
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Thorn in the side of Thistle; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
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