Richard Lewontin, an acclaimed Harvard biologist, author and long-standing critic of the misuse of science, will discuss the controversy surrounding biotechnology during a public talk Thursday, March 1, at the University of California, Davis. Lewontin's lecture, "The Struggle Over Biotechnology: The Last Stage in a Cultural War," will be presented at 7:30 p.m. in the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center on Old Davis Road. A professor emeritus in Harvard University's Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Lewontin has studied a variety of problems in population genetics and the dynamics of evolutionary processes. He is the author of a number of books including "The Triple Helix," "It Ain't Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions," "Not In Our Genes" and the "The Dialectical Biologist." In "The Triple Helix," Lewontin shows that all organisms are a product both of their genetic makeup and environment, and stresses the importance of considering biological processes as a complex, integrated whole. Lewontin's talk is the final presentation in the Biotechnology, Policy, and Society Lecture Series. The series, sponsored by the campus's Center for History, Society, and Culture, has brought a variety of speakers to UC Davis in an effort to present a broad range of thought on biotechnology and its social implications.