July 11, 2008
Dynamic Dissent
Iconoclasts, both visionary and misguided, have advanced modern biology
The history of science is invariably told through the prism of its heroes, and modern biology is no exception. Through those heroes, historians have analyzed the growth of the life sciences, the rise of their institutions and subfields, and the evolution of biologists' understanding of nature. But these histories are not the whole story.
The story of biology can also be told through the gaze of its rebels:
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