Letter from Francis Crick to Ernst Mayr

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)