Life's splendid drama : evolutionary biology and the reconstruction of life's ancestry, 1860-1940 /...
Life's splendid drama : evolutionary biology and the reconstruction of life's ancestry, 1860-1940 /...
Life's splendid drama : evolutionary biology and the reconstruction of life's ancestry, 1860-1940 / Peter J. Bowler.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1996.
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T0388558
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English
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xiii, 525 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Table of Geological Periods and Eras -- 1. The First Evolutionary Biology. A New Biology. A Revolution in Science? Transforming Traditions. The Professional Framework -- 2. The Tree of Life. Relationships Redefined. Form and Function. Convergence and Parallelism. Ontogeny and Phylogeny. The Base of...
7. Patterns in the Past. Putting Things Together. Adaptive Radiation. Laws and Trends. Rise and Fall. Mass Extinctions -- 8. The Geography of Life. Zoological Provinces. Lost Worlds. Northern Origins. Southern Continents -- 9. The Metaphors of Evolutions. Trees and Ladders. The Biology of Imperialis...
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1996.
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Illinois
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c1996.
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Life's splendid drama : evolutionary biology and the reconstruction of life's ancestry, 1860-1940 / Peter J. Bowler.
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Science and its conceptual foundations.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-510) and index.
Transferred from N575.009/4.
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c1996.
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T0388558
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0226069222 (pbk)
9780226069210
0226069214
9780226069227 (pbk)
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575.009
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991005546099702626
