Raphael Falk (academic)

Raphael Falk (born July 14, 1929)[1] is a German geneticist and historian of science. He is professor emeritus of genetics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. His early research was on the genetics of Drosophila; since 1983, he has been active in researching the history and philosophy of science, with a particular focus on genetics.[2][3]

Biography

Falk was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.[4] He was educated at the University of Stockholm, where he worked with Gert Bonnier, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He subsequently completed his postdoc with H. J. Muller and Curt Stern.[2][5] His former teacher, Elisabeth Goldschmidt, eventually persuaded him to switch his research focus from Drosophila genetics to the history and philosophy of genetics as it pertains to the people of Israel.[3]

gollark: Approximately sensible ish, yes.
gollark: Movies and stuff go for a stupid inconsistent nonsensical one most of the time, though.
gollark: There are various perfectly sensible and consistent ways it *could* work.
gollark: The past is mostly not very good and it wouldn't be very nice living there. Unless you're time-travelling and can just go for a bit and/or bring back knowledge from the future (present?).
gollark: Plus, life extension research is an actual thing now so hopefully some of us may actually live long enough for space exploration at some scale.

References
  1. "Falk, Raphael". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  2. "Raphael Falk". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  3. Karpel, Dalia (2006-10-19). "Culture Club". Haaretz. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  4. "Raphael Falk". Oral History Project. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  5. Müller-Wille, Staffan (July 2012). "Raphael Falk: Genetic Analysis: A History of Genetic Thinking. Studies in Philosophy of Biology, edited by Michael Ruse: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 344 pages, price: $110.00 (hardback)". Science & Education. 21 (7): 1051–1053. doi:10.1007/s11191-012-9473-5. ISBN 978-0-521-88418-1. ISSN 0926-7220.
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