Elof Axel Carlson
{{Short description|American geneticist (born 1931)}}
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| field = Genetics
| work_institution = Queen's University (Canada)
University of California, Los Angeles
State University of New York at Stony Brook
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| doctoral_advisor = Hermann Joseph Muller
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Elof Axel Carlson (born 1931) is distinguished teaching professor emeritus at State University of New York at Stony Brook, as well as an American geneticist and noted historian of science. Carlson earned his B.A. in 1953 from New York University, and his PhD in 1958 in zoology from Indiana University Bloomington{{Cite web |url=http://www.semesteratsea.com/voyages/fall2001/fa2001_facultybios.html |title=Semester At Sea - Fall 2001 |access-date=2007-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021085820/http://www.semesteratsea.com/voyages/fall2001/fa2001_facultybios.html |archive-date=2006-10-21 |url-status=dead }} under the mentorship of Hermann Joseph Muller. Carlson is a past recipient of the E. Harris Harbison Award for excellence in teaching given by the Danforth Foundation.{{Cite web |url=http://www.stonybrook.edu/research/honors/honbyfac.html |title=USB Honors by Faculty Member |access-date=2007-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630190919/http://www.stonybrook.edu/research/honors/honbyfac.html |archive-date=2007-06-30 |url-status=dead }}
He has been a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota, San Diego State University, and Tougaloo College.
He was also a McMurrin Visiting Professor at the University of Utah.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ugs.utah.edu/faculty/mcmurrin.htm |title=Office of Undergraduate Studies |access-date=2007-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115052328/http://www.ugs.utah.edu/faculty/mcmurrin.htm |archive-date=2008-01-15 |url-status=dead }}
Bibliography
- The Gene: a Critical History (1989) {{ISBN|978-0-8138-1406-3}}
- Genes, Radiation, and Society. The Life and Work of H. J. Muller (Cornell Univ. Press, 1981)
- The Unfit: A history of a bad idea (2001) {{ISBN|978-0-87969-587-3}}
- Mendel's Legacy: The origin of classical genetics (2004) {{ISBN|978-0-87969-675-7}}
- Times of Triumph, Times of Doubt: Science And the Battle for Public Trust (2006) {{ISBN|978-0-87969-805-8}}
- Neither Gods Nor Beasts: How Science is changing who we think we are (2008) {{ISBN|978-0-87969-786-0}}{{cite journal|author=Thompson, R. Paul|title=Reviews and Brief Notices. Review of Neither Gods Nor Beasts: How Science Is Changing Who We Think We Are by Elof Axel Carlson|journal=The Quarterly Review of Biology|volume=84|issue=2|pages=177–178|year=2009|doi=10.1086/598823|url=https://cshlpress.com/pdf/review/NGNBEweb.pdf}}
- Mutation: The History of an Idea from Darwin to Genomics (2011) {{ISBN|978-1-936113-30-9}}{{cite journal|last1=Harper|first1=Peter S.|authorlink=Peter Harper (geneticist)|title=Review of Mutation: the history of an idea from Darwin to genomics by Elof Axel Carlson|journal=Human Genetics|volume=131|issue=1|year=2011|pages=157–158|doi=10.1007/s00439-011-1070-1|s2cid=44446630|issn=0340-6717|url= https://www.proquest.com/openview/5b683fa331118f8ab62535fbb7773dde/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=47178|url-access=subscription}}
- The 7 Sexes: Biology of Sex Determination (2013) {{ISBN|9780253006455}} (cl : alk. paper); {{ISBN|9780253006547}} (eb)
- How Scientific Progress Occurs Incrementalism and the Life Sciences (2018) {{ISBN|9781621822974}} (hardcover)
- How to Construct your Intellectual Pedigree A History of Mentoring in Science (2021) {{ISBN|9789811215827}} (hardcover)
- What Is Science A Guide for Those Who Love It, Hate It, or Fear It (2021) {{ISBN|9789811228711}} (hardcover)
=Scholarly works co-written=
Demerec, M., Kaufmann, B. P., & Carlson, E. A. (1986). Drosophila guide: introduction to the genetics and cytology of Drosophila melanogaster. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institute of Washington.
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