Raphael Falk (academic)

Raphael Falk (born July 14, 1929, died September 15, 2019)[1][2] was a German-born Israeli geneticist and historian of science. He was professor emeritus of genetics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. His early research was on the genetics of Drosophila; from 1983 he was active in researching the history and philosophy of science, with a particular focus on genetics.[3][4]

Biography

Falk was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.[5] 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.[3][6] 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.[4]

References
  1. "Prof. (Emeritus) Raphael Falk". The Hebrew University of Jersusalem. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. "Falk, Raphael". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  3. "Raphael Falk". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  4. Karpel, Dalia (2006-10-19). "Culture Club". Haaretz. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  5. "Raphael Falk". Oral History Project. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  6. 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. S2CID 140370335.
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