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It is true that no great mind has ever existed without inspiration, and thus we wish to preserve our predecessors’ contributions to the formation of this great nation. The Island of Dr. Mirones would have never been realized without their influence, and so we have compiled a list of them in this great virtual hall of learning.
Bhattacharya, S. “Stupidity should be cured, says DNA discoverer”, New Scientist News Service. 28 Feb. 2003. <http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn3451>.
Bryan, Ford R. Friends, Families & Forays: Scenes From the Life of Henry Ford. Detroit: Wayne State, 2002.
Charles, Darwin. “Voyage of the Beagle, Ch. 10.” Literature Online. 11 Apr. 2008 <http://www.literature.org/authors/darwin-charles/the-voyage-of-the-beagle/chapter-10.html>.
Eugenides, Jeffrey. Middlesex. New York: Picador, 2002.
Farrington, Benjamin. What Darwin Really Said. New York, NY: Shocken Books Inc., 1966.
Henig, Robin M. The Monk in the Garden: the Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics. New York, NY: Mariner Books, 2001
“Inside the ‘Polygamist Sex Cult’” Daily Mail. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=559808&in_page_id=1811>.
Mawer, Simon. Mendel’s Dwarf. New York: Penguin, 1999.
Moore, James, and Adrian Desmond. Darwin. New York, NY: Warner Books, 1992.
Rovner, Julie. “Congress Moves to Ban Genetic Discrimination.” NPR. 21 Mar. 2007. <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9041522>.
Syal, R. “Nobel scientist who sparked race row says sorry – I didn’t mean it”, Times Online. 19 Oct. 2007. <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2687364.ece>
Watson, James D. Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science. Knopf: New York. 2007.
Watson, James D. Genes, Girls, and Gamow. New York: Oxford, 2001.
Watson, J.D. “James Watson: To question genetic intelligence is not racism”, Independent. 19 Oct. 2007. <http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article3075642.ece>.
Wells, H. G. The Island of Dr. Moreau. New York: Bantam, 1992.
Finally, none of this could have been achieved without our amazing class at Vanderbilt University. Check out our class blog at geneticsandliterature.wordpress.com.
