Works
Throughout his life, Sinnott was a prolific author; he wrote ninety scientific articles and many textbooks. His works include Botany, Principles and Problems (1923, sixth edition in 1963), Principles of Genetics (1925, third edition in 1934), Laboratory Manual for Elementary Botany (1927), and Plant Morphogenesis (1960). After World War II, Sinnott devoted much of his time to writing about science in society, forming the basis for the books Cell and Psyche (1950), Two Roads to Truth (1953), The Biology of the Spirit (1955), Life and Mind (1956), Matter, Mind, and Man (1957) and The Bridge of Life: From Matter to Spirit (1966).
Additionally, Sinnott contributed to the field of Colonial and early American Architecture with his book, "Meetinghouse & Church in Early New England" (1963), with photographs by Jerauld Manter.
In his teaching, Sinnott stressed the idea of scientific discovery and the importance of making careful measurements and correctly interpreting data. He endeavored to explain the organism as an integrated whole from the sum of its parts, processes and history.
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