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- Condition
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- “Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is verygood. Binding is tight/good.”
- ISBN
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521562228
ISBN-13
9780521562225
eBay Product ID (ePID)
486901
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Charles Darwin : the Man and His Influence
Publication Year
1996
Subject
History, Science & Technology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography
Series
Cambridge Science Biographies Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
20.2 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
96-176241
Preface by
Knight, David
Reviews
"...a comprehensive survey of Darwin in and out of his own time and a sound introduction to recent scholarship." Times Literary Supplement, "Peter Bowler has fulfilled the obligation to explain the significance of Darwin's work to a more general audience, seizing the opportunity to transmit the conclusions of recent scholarship." British Journal for the History of Science
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
575/.0092 B
Table Of Content
General editor's preface; Preface; 1. The problem of interpretation; 2. Evolution before The Origin of Species; 3. The young Darwin; 4. The voyage of the Beagle; 5. The crucial years, London 1837-1842; 6. The years of development; 7. Going public; 8. The emergence of Darwinism; 9. The opponents of Darwinism; 10. Human origins; 11. Darwin and the modern world; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Synopsis
Upon publication, Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species excited much debate and controversy, challenging the foundations of Christianity, nonetheless underpinning the Victorian concept of progress. It still evokes powerful and contradictory responses today. Peter Bowler's study of Darwin's life, first published in 1990, combines biography and cultural history. Emphasizing in particular the impact of Darwin's work, he shows how Darwin's contemporaries were unable to appreciate precisely those aspects of his thinking that are considered scientifically important today. He also demonstrates that Darwin was a product of his time, but he also transcended it by creating an idea capable of being exploited by twentieth-century scientists and intellectuals who had very different values from his own., Combined biography and cultural history, extending to Darwin’s influence upon the twentieth century., Darwin's enormous influence on science and culture, begun during his lifetime, is still very evident today. The Origin of Species excited much debate and controversy, challenging the foundations of Christianity, yet underpinning the Victorian concept of progress, and today still evokes powerful and contradictory responses. Yet he was not first to publish evolutionary ideas and his theory of natural selection was not accepted by many of his contemporaries. Peter Bowler's study of Darwin's life and influence combines biography and cultural history. He shows how Darwin's contemporaries were unable to appreciate precisely those aspects of his thinking that are considered scientifically important today. Darwin was a product of his time, but he also transcended it, by creating an idea capable of being exploited by twentieth-century scientists and intellectuals who had very different values from his own., An almost mythical figure in the development of science, Darwin's theory of natural selection was not initially accepted by many of his contemporaries. This study combines biography and cultural history, charting Darwin's considerable influence from his time to ours.
LC Classification Number
QH31.D2 B743 1996
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