JOE CAIN
Biographic Data
| ID | 5236527 |
|---|---|
| NAME | JOE CAIN |
| GIVEN NAMES | JOE |
| FAMILY NAME | CAIN |
| SIGNATURE | CAIN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1113-5157 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Julian Huxley, general biology and the London Zoo, 1935–42
While Secretary of the Zoological Society of London (1935–42), Julian Huxley used that institution to undertake several types of reform related to his promotion of ‘general biology’. Huxley's goal was to place synthetic, analytical and explanatory work at the centre of the life sciences. Here, zoological specifics served only as instances of generic processes. Huxley's campaigning fitted both into his own lifelong obsession with synoptic views an…
Exploring the Borderlands
Joe Cain, Ernst Mayr, Exploring the Borderlands: Documents of the Committee on Common Problems of Genetics, Paleontology, and Systematics, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, Vol. 94, No. 2 (2004), pp. i, iii-v, vii, ix-xlii, 1-17, 19-39, 41-107, 109-123, 125-133, 135-137, 139-151, 153-160
Epistemic and community transition in American evolutionary studies
The Fate of the Mammoth
Towards a ‘greater degree of integration’
Intellectual and professional reforms in evolutionary studies between 1935 and 1950 included substantial expansion, diversification, and realignment of community infrastructure. Theodosius Dobzhansky, Julian Huxley and Alfred Emerson organized the Society for the Study of Speciation at the 1939 AAAS Columbus meeting as one response (among many coming into place) to concerns about ‘isolation’ and ‘lack of contact’ among speciation workers worried …
Towards a ‘greater degree of integration’
Intellectual and professional reforms in evolutionary studies between 1935 and 1950 included substantial expansion, diversification, and realignment of community infrastructure. Theodosius Dobzhansky, Julian Huxley and Alfred Emerson organized the Society for the Study of Speciation at the 1939 AAAS Columbus meeting as one response (among many coming into place) to concerns about ‘isolation’ and ‘lack of contact’ among speciation workers worried …
Epistemic and community transition in American evolutionary studies
The Fate of the Mammoth
Exploring the Borderlands
Joe Cain, Ernst Mayr, Exploring the Borderlands: Documents of the Committee on Common Problems of Genetics, Paleontology, and Systematics, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, Vol. 94, No. 2 (2004), pp. i, iii-v, vii, ix-xlii, 1-17, 19-39, 41-107, 109-123, 125-133, 135-137, 139-151, 153-160
Julian Huxley, general biology and the London Zoo, 1935–42
While Secretary of the Zoological Society of London (1935–42), Julian Huxley used that institution to undertake several types of reform related to his promotion of ‘general biology’. Huxley's goal was to place synthetic, analytical and explanatory work at the centre of the life sciences. Here, zoological specifics served only as instances of generic processes. Huxley's campaigning fitted both into his own lifelong obsession with synoptic views an…
History (4 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Evolutionary biology (2 works) · Genealogy (2 works) · History of Science and Natural History (2 works)