Deliberately Divided: Inside the Controversial Study of Twins and Triplets Raised Apart.

The multiple and dense professional networks described in I Deliberately Divided i , along with Segal's clearly and forthrightly expressed points of view, provide a strong foundation for extending the chronology of twin research and its associated agendas into our current era. The scientific study of twins separated and reared apart burst into both popular and academic consciousness in 1979 when Thomas Bouchard and his colleagues at the University of Minnesota revealed the story of the "Jim Twins", serendipitously reunited after 39 years, and their uncanny similarities. [Extracted from the article]