Evolution : the remarkable history of a scientific theory / Edward J. Larson.
Evolution : the remarkable history of a scientific theory / Edward J. Larson.
Evolution : the remarkable history of a scientific theory / Edward J. Larson.
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New York : Modern Library, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N576.8/35
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English
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xiv, 337 p. : ill., ports ; 20 cm.
Contents
1. Bursting the limits of time -- 2. A growing sense of progress -- 3. On the origins of darwinism -- 4. Enthroning naturalism -- 5. Ascent of evolutionism -- 6. Missing links -- 7. Genetics enters the picture -- 8. Applied human evolution -- 9. America's anti-evolution crusade -- 10. The modern syn...
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New York : Modern Library, 2004.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2004.
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"Along the way, Larson places the scientific upheaval of evolution in cultural perspective: the social and philosophical earthquake that was the French Revolution; the development, in England, of a laissez-faire capitalism in tune with a Darwinian ethos of "survival of the fittest"; the emergence of Social Darwinism and the dark science of eugenics...
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Evolution : the remarkable history of a scientific theory / Edward J. Larson.
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A Modern Library chronicles book ; 17.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315] - 321) and index.
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N576.8/35
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0679642889 :
9780679642886 (alk. paper)
0679642889 (alk. paper)
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576.8
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991017966669702626
