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Monad to man : the concept of progress in evolutionary biology /
In interviews with today's major figures in evolutionary biology--including Stephen Jay Gould, E.O. Wilson, Ernst Mayr, and John Maynard Smith--Ruse offers an unparalleled account of evolutionary theory, from popular books to museums to the most complex theorizing, at a time when its status as...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London :
Harvard University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Progress and Culture; 2. The Birth of Evolutionism; 3. The Nineteenth Century; From Cuvier to Owen; 4. Charles Darwin and Progress; 5. Evolution as World View; 6. The Professional Biologists; 7. Evolution Travels West; 8. British Evolutionists and Mendelian Genetics ; 9. Discipline Building in Britain; 10. The Genetics of Populations; 11. The Synthesis; 12. Professional Evolutionism; 13. Contemporary Debates; 14. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Credits; Index.