The Eclipse of Darwinism

Anti-Darwinian Evolution Theories in the Decades around 1900

Peter J. Bowler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

312 Seiten

1992
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-4391-4 (ISBN)

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In this pioneering study of the first major challenges to Darwinism, Bowler examines the completing theories of evolution, identifies their intellectual origins, and describes the process by which the modern concept of evolution emerged.

Peter J. Bowler is reader in the history of philosophy of sceince at the Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland. His other books include The Non-Darwinian Revolution, The Mendelian Revolution, and Theories of Human Evolution.

Preface
Preface to the Original Edition
Ackowledgments
Chapter 1. The Eclipse and Its Implications
Chapter 2. The Defense of Darwinism
Chapter 3. The Decline of Theistic Evolutionism
Chapter 4. Lamarckism
Chapter 5. Anti-Darwinism in France
Chapter 6. The American School
Chapter 7. Orthogenesis
Chapter 8. The Mutation Theory
Notes
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.3.1992
Verlagsort	Baltimore, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	425 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
ISBN-10	0-8018-4391-X / 080184391X
ISBN-13	978-0-8018-4391-4 / 9780801843914
Zustand	Neuware