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Mendel with group from Vienna before the Grand Hotel in Paris en route to London, 1862. Mendel was not scientifically isolated. He traveled and was in contact with other scientists.
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First page of Mendel's paper (German), Experiments in Plant Hybridization, in his handwriting, 1865.
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Mendel's notes on some of his pea plant results in his handwriting.
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Written on the leaf is "fouleben," which means "evenly" in German.
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Mendel designed and built these hives to do his bee breeding experiments.
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Mendel's drawings of sunspot activity from two pages of his meteorological notebooks.
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Professor of History Robert Olby teaches at the University of Pittsburgh, and has written several books on the history of genetics, including Origins of Mendelism and The Path to the Double Helix.
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Was Mendel "well connected" in the scientific community?
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JOHANN GREGOR MENDEL (1822-1884)
The ScientistGregor Mendel is known for his work on the laws of inheritance. However, he did more than just grow pea plants. Gregor Mendel had an enquiring mind. At the University of Vienna, he took as many science courses as he could. It was probably Mendel's exposure to physics under the tutelage of Christian Doppler that gave the mathematical context for his later experiments. Despite his responsibilities and his ever-increasing workload as prelate of the monastery, Gregor Mendel always found time for scientific investigations. Mendel tried to make practical use of what he found from his pea breeding experiments. He was a beekeeper; he designed beehives, and was working on breeding a strain of bees with improved honey production. Mendel was a noted meteorologist, a founding member of the Austrian meteorological society. Mendel kept daily logs of weather patterns, and did a careful analysis of the tornado that struck Brno in 1870. Mendel also kept track of sunspot activity in relation to "northern lights" (aurora borealis) and disturbances in telegraph communication. |
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LinksMendel WebThis is a site where you can get a lot of information about Gregor Mendel, his life and scientific achievements. Read what Mendel says about the 7 non-blending pea traits. Also read Dr. Margaret Peaslee's essay on her recent travels to Brno and the Mendel museum. Electronic Scholarly PublishingThis site has the entire text for many classic genetics papers which can be downloaded and printed out in PDF format. Mendel's paper (1865) is one of the papers. To view and print these documents, you will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader software, available without charge from Adobe Systems Incorporated. Bibliography
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