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Science 9 August 2002:
Vol. 297. no. 5583, pp. 940 - 941
DOI: 10.1126/science.1073593
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EVOLUTION:
Sour Grapes of Wrath

A review by Bruce S. Grant

Of Moths and Men Intrigue, Tragedy and the Peppered Moth
Judith Hooper
Fourth Estate, London, 2002. 397 pp. £15.99. ISBN 1-84115-392-3.

Of Moths and Men The Untold Story of Science and the Peppered Moth
Norton, New York, 2002. 397 pp. $26.95, C$38.99. ISBN 0-393-05121-8.

Hooper presents a popular account of Biston betularia and the controversies surrounding Kettlewell's experiments on the moth's response to natural selection and pollution in the United Kingdom.
The author is in the Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, USA. E-mail: Geometrid{at}aol.com

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