Gregor Mendel – The Scientist: Based on primary sources 1822-1884

The major purpose is to present J. G. Mendel in a real and interesting way based on the most recent historical research and analysis of authentic sources. The book aims to show Mendels scientific thinking and inner feelings in the integrity of his environment and to communicate his message as a multifaceted personality and modern experimental scientist. The book will draw from the only existing Mendels textual autobiography of 1850, his letters, the iconographic pictures in the monastic ceiling paintings of 1875 that were made according to his proposal and show areas of his activity. They form the basis of this novel concept. There are additional building blocks made of authenticity of Mendels scientific society, his collegium and life in Brno where he spent almost 40 years of life. The book resembles a self-portrait. This is the major difference from the previous ones. Thus the book will also mention many myths appearing in literature coming from a novelist style of biographers. The structure of the book follows thematic groups of his autobiographies (both textual and pictorial) to show what Mendel considered significant in his life. His self portrait materialized in his autobiographies and his personal emblems reveal the essence of the enigmatic discoverer.