The tragic sense of life : Ernst Haeckel and the struggle over evolutionary thought /

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Prior to the First World War, more people learned of evolutionary theory from the voluminous writings of Charles Darwin's foremost champion in Germany, Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919), than through any other source, including the writings of Darwin himself. Haeckel's books vastly outsold Darwin&...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Richards, Robert J. (Robert John), 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, Ã2008.
Temas:
Haeckel, Ernst, > 1834-1919.
Haeckel, Ernst, > 1834-1919
Biologists > Germany > Biography.
Zoologists > Germany > Biography.
Evolution (Biology) > History.
Biologistes > Allemagne > Biographies.
Zoologistes > Allemagne > Biographies.
NATURE > Reference.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
Biologists
Evolution (Biology)
Zoologists
Germany
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Formation of a romantic biologist
  • Research in Italy and conversion to Darwinism
  • Triumph and tragedy at Jena
  • Evolutionary morphology in the Darwinian mode
  • Travel to England and the Canary Islands : experimental justification of evolution
  • The popular presentation of evolution
  • The rage of the critics
  • The religious response to evolutionism : ants, embryos, and Jesuits
  • Love in a time of war
  • Conclusion : the tragic sense of Ernst Haeckel.

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