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The politics of evolution : morphology, medicine, and reform in radical London /

Looking for the first time at the cut-price anatomy schools rather than genteel Oxbridge, Desmond winkles out pre-Darwinian evolutionary ideas in reform-minded and politically charged early nineteenth-century London. In the process, he reveals the underside of London intellectual and social life in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Desmond, Adrian J., 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989.
Colección:Science and its conceptual foundations.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Looking for the first time at the cut-price anatomy schools rather than genteel Oxbridge, Desmond winkles out pre-Darwinian evolutionary ideas in reform-minded and politically charged early nineteenth-century London. In the process, he reveals the underside of London intellectual and social life in the generation before Darwin as it has never been seen before." The Politics of Evolution is intellectual dynamite, and certainly one of the most important books in the history of science published during the past decade."--Jim Secord, Times Literary Supplement. "One of those rare boo
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 503 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-466) and index.
ISBN:9780226144535
0226144534