Alone in the garden: How Gregor Mendel's inattention to audience may have affected the reception of his theory of inheritance in "experiments in plant hybridization"

Written Communication

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-27

  Wynn, James ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

19th century; History; Rhetoric; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845538701     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: 15528472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741088306296024     Document Type: Article

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