The Non-Darwinian Revolution: Reinterpreting a Historical Myth
Author:   Peter J. Bowler (The Queen's University of Belfast)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition:   New edition
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9780801843679


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   26 April 1992
Recommended Age:   From 17
Format:   Paperback
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The Non-Darwinian Revolution: Reinterpreting a Historical Myth


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Author:   Peter J. Bowler (The Queen's University of Belfast)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780801843679


ISBN 10:   0801843677
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   26 April 1992
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Figures Preface Chapter 1. The Myth of the Darwinan Revolution Chapter 2. Darwin's Originality Chapter 3. The Impact of the Origin Chapter 4. Evolutionism Triumphant Chapter 5. From Darwin to Modern Darwinism Chapter 6. Human Evolution Chapter 7. Social Darwinism Chapter 8. A Cultural Revolution? Chapter 9. Toward a New Historiography of Evolutionism Refences Index

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Timely and cogent in its aims and arguments, it should prompt debate and discussion leading to fresh critical and historiographical insights concerning all those topics that historians of science, of society, and of culture associate with 'Darwinism' and 'evolutionism.'. * British Journal of the History of Science *


<p> Timely and cogent in its aims and arguments, it should prompt debate and discussion leading to fresh critical and historiographical insights concerning all those topics that historians of science, of society, and of culture associate with Darwinism' and evolutionism.'. -- British Journal of the History of Science


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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 Eclipse of Darwinism: Anti-Darwinian Evolution Theories in the Decades around 1900, The Mendelian Revolution, and Theories of Human Evolution.

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