Your Heredity and Environment

Amram Scheinfeld (1897-1979) was an American cartoonist, journalist, and popular science writer known for his accessible books on human genetics and heredity, including the bestseller You and Heredity (1939), Women and Men (1944), Twins and Supertwins (1967), and Your Heredity and Environment (1965), which won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in 1966 for contributions to understanding race and diversity. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he transitioned from newspaper cartooning and journalism to genetics writing after self-studying the subject, authoring columns like "Looking into People" for Cosmopolitan and articles in major magazines.Columbia Finding Aid, NYT Obituary, Anisfield-Wolf