The Saturday Talk - Gregor Mendel Disputed Inheritance

This is a thought-provoking presentation, based upon Gregory Radick's book Disputed Inheritance. To quote one reviewer it rewrites the story of genetics.

Gregory Radick, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds, brings together extensive archival research and an analysis of the nature of science and history to challenge the way we think about genetics and its possibilities, past, present and future.

Gregory Radick, who lives in Ilkley, has collaborated with u3a member Mike Dixon to publish a book on Darwin in Ilkley. Read more about Gregory and his many publications on this link.

BIO: Professor Radick is a historian and philosopher of science specializing in the history of modern biological and human sciences based at the University of Leeds. His books include Disputed Inheritance: The Battle over Mendel and the Future of Biology (Chicago, 2023); The Simian Tongue: The Long Debate about Animal Language (Chicago, 2007), which received the 2010 Suzanne J. Levinson Prize of the History of Science Society.

Entrance is FREE

Free tea or coffee and a biscuit served from 10.00 when the doors open. The talk starts promptly at 10.30.

You are welcome to bring a friend.