Evolution Before Darwin

In the early 1800s, evolutionary ideas were widely debated in France, and other parts of the Continent. So why did Darwin arise in England, and why in the 1850s? Pietro Corsi describes the intellectual shifts and political contingencies in England and Continental Europe that led up to Darwin's Origin, and its rapid acceptance.

About the author

Pietro Corsi is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. He has held teaching and research positions at Pisa, Cambridge, Harvard, the Sorbonne and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris. His research has concentrated on early evolutionary theories in France, Italy and France, the relationship between science and religion in Nineteenth Century England, the history of neuroscience.

Product details

• Authors: CORSI, Pietro Corsi
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 22.12.2012, delayed
• EAN: 9780199565580
• ISBN: 978-0-19-956558-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)