This biography of Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) places her life and work in its social, scientific and personal context. The history documents years of McClintock’s notable and lauded scientific work long before she discovered Transposable Elements in the mid-1940s for which she ultimately received the Nobel Prize.
This biography of Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) places her life and work in its social, scientific and personal context. The author examines the development of Barbara McClintock’s scientific work and her influence upon individuals and upon the fields of cytogenetics and evolutionary biology in the period from 1902 to the present. The history documents years of McClintock’s notable and lauded scientific work long before she discovered and named transposable elements in the mid-1940s for which she ultimately received the Nobel Prize. The biography employs documented evidence to expose, demystify, and provide clarity for legends and misinterpretations of McClintock’s life and work.
Key Features
- Exposes and demystifies myths and legends told about McClintock’s time in Missouri
- Clarifies the changing language of genes and genetics
- Places in perspective the history of McClintock’s research
- Documents McClintock’s family and early life before college
- Provides documented details of McClintock’s time in Nazi Germany
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This is the definitive biography of McClintock and belongs on the bookshelf of every college library and every science historian. Plant Science Bulletin, Fall 2024, Volume 70, No 3., pp. 311-313.
Marshall D. Sundberg, Emeritus, Emporia State University, USA. Plant Science Bulletin, Fall 2024, Vol. 70, No 3
For the reader who is interested in this journey of such a renowned scientist this is an excellent volume it will be of interest to anyone fascinated by the scientific enterprise in general and how some ideas languish until finally accepted Read Kasss bio; give yourself the time
Natural Sciences, 2025; 0:e70000
James A. Birchler, University of Missouri, USA. Wiley Online Library: Review of Lee Kass's From Chromosomes to Mobile Genetic Elements: The Life and Work of Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock
"Kasss three decade-long project to document the career of Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock reaches welcome fruition with the publication of this book [ ...] It will be valuable to future researchers interested in McClintocks scientific contributions, the history of women in science, or the many important aspects of Zea mays research [ ...] As a result of her archival research, Kass documents a new and far more complex story about McClintocks career and contributions."
Journal od the History of Biology, November 2024
Kim Kleinman, Webster University, USA. Journal of the History of Biology (2024) 57:613615
1. Introduction: Holding Court: How I came to know Barbara McClintock.
2. An Unconventional Childhood.
3. Genetics in the Roaring 20s.
4. From Botany Scholar to Maize Cytologist: Fact, Fiction and Faulty Memories.
5. The Golden Age of Corn Genetics: Cornfests, Cornfabs and Cooperation.
6. Awards and Recognition: Chromosome Structure and Behavior.
7. Missouri Compromise: Tenure or Freedom? Barbara McClintock Leaves Academe.
8. The Road to Transposition.
9. Resignation, Renewal, and Reorganization.
10. Coming Home Again: Andrew Dixon White, Professor-at-Large, Cornell University.
11. Golden Age of Corn Genetics, Reprise.
12. Unshared Nobel Prize and Inclusive Recognition.
Dr. Lee B. Kass received her Ph.D. in Botany and Genetics from Cornell University after earning a B.S. in biology from The City University of New York. She did Postdoctoral research at The University of Cambridge-UK and Vanderbilt University. She has served on the faculties of The University of Cambridge, University of Tennessee-Nashville, Elmira College, The College of the Bahamas, Cornell University and West Virginia University-Morgantown. Kass has authored, edited or co-edited twelve books, and authored or co-authored numerous book chapters, proceedings papers, and articles in scientific journals. She is a member of the Botanical Society of America, The Bahamas National Trust, The Maize Genetics Cooperation, and a former member of many botanical organizations. Kass was chair of the Historical Section of the Botanical Society of America for many years. She established the Elmira College Herbarium, and currently serves on the Science Advisory Committee of the Bahamas National Trust. Among her awards is the Josef Stein Award, for excellence in teaching and scholarly achievement, various research grants, and a Fulbright Scholar Award, during which time she and her spouse, Dr. Robert E. Hunt, established the National Herbarium of the Bahamas. Currently, she is recognized in American Men of Science and Marquis Whos Who. She is Visiting/Adjunct Professor at Cornell University, and at West Virginia University-Morgantown. Her research focuses on history of botany, and biodiversity and reproductive biology of Bahamian plants.
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