The Cambridge companion to the "Origin of species" / edited by Michael Ruse, Robert J. Richards. [el...
The Cambridge companion to the "Origin of species" / edited by Michael Ruse, Robert J. Richards. [el...
The Cambridge companion to the "Origin of species" / edited by Michael Ruse, Robert J. Richards. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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English
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1 online resource (xxvii, 395 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
The origin of the Origin / Michael Ruse -- Darwin's analogy between artificial and natural selection in the origin of species / Mark A. Largent -- Variation and inheritance / Robert Olby -- Darwin's theory of natural selection and its moral purpose / Robert J. Richards -- Originating species : Darwi...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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England
Date Published
2009.
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Summary
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is universally recognised as one of the most important science books ever written. The Origin of Species is also a work of great cultural and religious significance, in that Darwin maintained that all organisms, including humans, are part of a natural process of growth from simple forms. This Companion commem...
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The Cambridge companion to the "Origin of species" / edited by Michael Ruse, Robert J. Richards. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge companions online.
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Cambridge companions to philosophy
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-371) and index.
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English
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1-139-00236-8
1-139-80151-1
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576.8/2
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991023962487602626
