Darwin without Malthus: The Struggle for Existence in Russian Evolutionary Thought
Author:   Daniel P. Todes (Assistant Professor, Institute of History of Medicine, Assistant Professor, Institute of History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780195058307


Pages:   238
Publication Date:   26 October 1989
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Daniel P. Todes (Assistant Professor, Institute of History of Medicine, Assistant Professor, Institute of History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 24.30cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 16.10cm
Weight:   0.585kg
ISBN:  

9780195058307


ISBN 10:   0195058305
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   26 October 1989
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Darwin's metaphor and his Russian audience; Malthus, Darwin and Russian social thought; Beketov, botany and the harmony of nature; Korzhinskii, the steppe and the theory of heterogensis; Mechnikov, Darwinism and the Phagocytic theory; Kessler and Russia's mutual aid tradition; Kropotkin's theory of mutual aid; Severtsov, Timiriazev and the classical tradition.

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'important book' TAXON 39 (Aug 1990) 'Tthe book gives extensive and well-written descriptions of the lives and activities of five prominent Russian scientists who were active in public debates on evolution'Annals of Science 'IThis is a scholarly book about a theme which has not received the attention it deserves ... his book is a very valuable contribution to the comparative and national dimensions in the understanding of scientific developments.' Times Higher Education Supplement


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