Evolution for the People - Shaping Popular Ideas From Darwin to the Present

"In a compelling new study of popular evolutionism over two centuries, Peter Bowler uses the growing interest in popular science to reinterpret how evolutionary ideas have shaped modern culture. He demonstrates how Darwinism and its rivals sought public attention via mass media, and their resulting impact on popular consciousness"--

List of contents

1. Bridging the gap; 2. Before Darwin; 3. Reacting to the Origin; 4. Human ancestry; 5. Evolutionary epics; 6. Challenging Darwinism; 7. Reconfiguring the ascent of life; 8. Social evolutionism; 9. The evolutionary synthesis; 10. Toward the modern world.

About the author

Peter J. Bowler is Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at Queen's University Belfast, a fellow of the British Academy, a member of the Royal Irish Academy and a past president of the British Society for the History of Science.

Summary

In a compelling new study of popular evolutionism over two centuries, Peter Bowler uses the growing interest in popular science to reinterpret how evolutionary ideas have shaped modern culture. He demonstrates how Darwinism and its rivals sought public attention via mass media, and their resulting impact on popular consciousness.

Foreword

Peter Bowler reassesses the impact of evolutionary ideas on modern culture through growing historial interest in popular science.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Bowler, Peter (Queen''s University Belfast) Bowler, Peter J. Bowler, Peter J. (Queen''s University Belfast) Bowler
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2024
• EAN: 9781009448970
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0944897-0
• No. of pages: 308
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Evolution, popular science, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, History of Science