Of Moths and Men
2002 book by Judith Hooper / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Of Moths and Men is a book by journalist Judith Hooper about the Oxford University ecological genetics school led by E.B. Ford. The book specifically concerns Bernard Kettlewell's experiments on the peppered moth which were intended as experimental validation of evolution. She highlights supposed problems with the methodology of Kettlewell's experiments and suggests that these issues could invalidate the results obtained, ignoring or disparaging evidence supporting natural selection while repeatedly implying that Kettlewell and his colleagues committed fraud or made careless errors.[1] Subject matter experts have described the book as presenting a "conspiracy theory" with "errors, misrepresentations, misinterpretations and falsehoods". The evolutionary biologist Michael Majerus spent the last 7 years of his life systematically repeating Kettlewell's experiments, demonstrating that Kettlewell had in fact been correct.
![]() Cover of the British edition, showing a display cabinet with the peppered moth removed. | |
Author | Judith Hooper |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Norton |
Publication date | 2002 |
Pages | 377 |
ISBN | 0-393-05121-8 |
OCLC | 50022818 |
576.8/2/092 B 21 | |
LC Class | QH375 .H66 2002 |