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Article: The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics.(Book review)
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics by Robin Marantz Henig, 292 pages, Mariner Books, $14.00
For all who vaguely recall learning (and then forgetting) the Aa and Bb crosses of Gregor Mendel's peas in high-school biology class, there is news. The history of genetics is back, but in a much livelier format--a veritable soap opera of intrigue, jealousy, triumph and disappointment as told by Robin Marantz Henig in her book, The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel.
Henig's cast of real-life characters includes Mendel himself, born Johann Mendel in 1822, a Moravian farmer's son ...