Letter from Francis Crick to Ernst Mayr
- Contributor(s):
- The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers Crick, Francis, 1916-2004 Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005
- Publication:
- Produced: 21 April 1971
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Genetics Intelligence Continental Population Groups
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Letters (correspondence)
- Abstract:
- Crick's letter to the evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr was written in reference to the contemporary debate in the United States about the role of genetics, race, and environment in human behavior. The debate was triggered by the Nobel Prize winning physicist William Shockley, who argued that the lag in educational achievements of black Americans could be accounted for by inherited racial traits, namely a lower IQ.
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- Extent:
- 1 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101584582X182 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Profiles in Science ID:
- SCBBMV
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X182
- Archival Collection:
- The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)