Richard Benedict Goldschmidt Books

This German-American geneticist was a pioneer in integrating genetics, development, and evolution. His research explored reaction norms, genetic assimilation, and sex determination, laying foundational understanding in these fields. He is notably known for his "Hopeful Monster" hypothesis, which controversially proposed macroevolution through macromutations. His detailed studies of the nematode nervous system indirectly inspired later Nobel Prize-winning research on brain wiring.