Darwinian Heresies

Klappentext This 2004 book traces the history of evolutionary thought, and challenges many long-established assumptions. Zusammenfassung In this 2004 book! intended to interest! to excite! to infuriate! and to stimulate further work! prominent scholars trace the history of evolutionary thought! and challenge many long-established assumptions. It is suggested that the true influence on evolution biology was not Charles Darwin! but his contemporary! Herbert Spencer. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Abigail Lustig; 1. Russian theoretical biology between heresy and orthodoxy: Georgii Shaposhinikov and his experiments on plant lice Elena Aronova and Daniel Alexandrov; 2. The spectre of Darwinism: the popular image of Darwinism in early twentieth-century Britain Peter J. Bowler; 3. Natural theology Abigail Lustig; 4. Ironic heresy: how young-earth creationists came to embrace rapid microevolution by means of natural selection Ronald L. Numbers; 5. If this be heresy: Haeckel's conversion to Darwinism Robert J. Richards; 6. Adaptive landscapes and dynamic equilibrium: the Spencerian contribution to twentieth-century, American, evolutionary biology Michael Ruse; 7. 'The ninth moral sin': the Lamarckism of W. M. Wheeler Charlotte Sleigh; 8. Contemporary Darwinism and religion Mikael Stenmark.

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• Authors: Abigail Lustig, Abigail (Massachusetts Institute of Techno Lustig, Abigail Richards Lustig
• Assisted by: Lustig Abigail (Editor), Abigail Lustig (Editor), Ruse Michael (Editor), Robert J. Richards (Editor), Richards Robert J. (Editor), Michael Ruse (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.12.2010
• EAN: 9780521172684
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17268-4
• No. of pages: 210
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries