George Gaylord Simpson Quote

When bright young biologists speak of genetics without genes and wise old biologists of life without organisms it is evident that something peculiar is going on in the science of biology, so peculiar that "crisis" is not too strong a word. I would diagnose this as combining monomania and schizophrenia.


Biology and Man - Chapter One (p. 3), Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. 1969


When bright young biologists speak of genetics without genes and wise old biologists of life without organisms it is evident that something peculiar...

When bright young biologists speak of genetics without genes and wise old biologists of life without organisms it is evident that something peculiar...

When bright young biologists speak of genetics without genes and wise old biologists of life without organisms it is evident that something peculiar...

When bright young biologists speak of genetics without genes and wise old biologists of life without organisms it is evident that something peculiar...