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   Richard Lewontin. Richard Charles Lewontin (March 29, 1929 – July 4, 2021 [3]) was an American evolutionary biologist, mathematician, geneticist, and social commentator. A leader in developing the mathematical basis of population genetics and evolutionary theory, he applied techniques from molecular biology, such as gel electrophoresis, to ...

   • Doctoral advisor: Theodosius Dobzhansky

2. www.theguardian.com › 28 › richard-lewontin-obituaryRichard Lewontin obituary | Genetics | The Guardian

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   Jul 28, 2021 · Born in New York, Richard was the son of Lilian and Max Lewontin, a cloth broker. At Forest Hills high school he met Mary Jane Christianson; and their long, devoted marriage, from the age of 18 ...

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4. www.nytimes.com › richard-c-lewontin-deadRichard C. Lewontin, Eminent Geneticist With a Sharp Pen ...

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   Jul 7, 2021 · Richard Lewontin was born in New York City on March 29, 1929, the only child of Max and Lilian Lewontin. His father was a cloth broker who connected clothing mills with manufacturers; his mother ...

5. www.nature.com › articles › d41586/021/01936-6Richard C. Lewontin (1929–2021) - Nature

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   Jul 13, 2021 · Richard Lewontin was a groundbreaking geneticist, best known for bringing molecular tools into evolutionary biology and for his advocacy against the use of science to rationalize structural ...

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   Who was Richard Lewontin?

   • The American scientist Richard Lewontin, who has died aged 92, was intimately involved in some of the most important discoveries, and feuds, of evolutionary biology during the decades in which it passed from knowing that genes existed to specifying them in precise molecular terms.

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   Is Richard Lewontin dead or still alive?

   • Lewontin has died aged 92. Richard Lewontin was born into an upper-middle-class Jewish family in New York City, and originally studied biology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the early 1950s.

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   Who was Lewontin and what did he do?

   • Lewontin does not appear as an author on that paper; he refused to list himself as such unless he had contributed substantially to the research. Lewontin's theoretical work complemented his empirical work. He introduced game theory to population biology in 1961 and pioneered computer simulation in the field.

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   Who was Dick Lewontin?

   • For a biologist and philosopher coming of scientific age in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dick Lewontin was a towering figure not just because of his science but because of his public commitment to social justice. At Columbia University, where I was an undergraduate, we were glad to have him as an alumnus.

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7. www.science.org › doi › 10Richard C. Lewontin (1929–2021) | Science

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   Aug 13, 2021 · Richard Charles “Dick” Lewontin died at age 92 on 4 July, 3 days after Mary Jane, his wife of 73 years. Arguably the most influential population geneticist of the second half of the 20th century, Lewontin laid the theoretical and experimental foundations of modern evolutionary genetics. He was also a prominent social critic and philosopher ...

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8. www.journals.uchicago.edu › doi › fullIn Memoriam : Richard Charles Lewontin (1929–2021): A Self ...

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   Richard (Dick) Lewontin, who died last year at age 92, was a preeminent evolutionist and population geneticist who was also a committed Marxist, a public intellectual, a serious contributor to the philosophy of science, an inspired teacher, and a mentor to legions of students and postdocs.

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    Nov 25, 2021 · Richard C. Lewontin, who died earlier this year at age 92, is widely considered to have been the preeminent population geneticist of the last half century (Fig. 1).His work, however, often cast a skeptical eye on his own field, pointing to its limitations as an explanatory framework, as well as the social misuses to which it and allied gene-centric paradigms were prone.