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On the Origin of Species

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Informationen zum Autor Dame Gillian Beer is Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Literature. Her Darwin's Plots (1983; second edition 2000) was followed by Open Fields: Science in Cultural Encounter (1996). More recently she has been working on Carroll's Alice books in the context of nineteenth-century intellectual controversies and a new collection of her essays on literature and science is scheduled for 2008. Klappentext In the Origin of Species (1859) Darwin challenged many of the most deeply heldbeliefs of the Western world, dislodging man from his central position in creationand calling into question the role of the Creator. This revised edition presents the textin light of the most recent scholarship. In her introduction, Gillian Beer considersin detail the first reactions to the work and Darwin's responses and appraises thecontroversy in the light of the recent revival of Creationism and Intelligent Design. Zusammenfassung In the Origin of Species (1859) Darwin challenged many of the most deeply held beliefs of the Western world. The present edition provides a detailed discussion of his theories and adds an account of the responses of readers to the book on first publication. These cast light on recent controversies, such as questions of design and descent.

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Authors Charles Darwin, Charles R. Darwin
Assisted by Gillia Beer (Editor), Gillian Beer (Editor), Beer Gillian (Editor)
Publisher Oxford University Press Trade
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 24.10.2008
 
EAN 9780199219223
ISBN 978-0-19-921922-3
No. of pages 480
Dimensions 130 mm x 197 mm x 20 mm
Series Oxford World's Classics
Oxford World's Classics
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology

Englisch; Lektüre, Darwin, Charles, Evolution (Abstammungslehre), SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899

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