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(Dis)Entangling Darwin : Cross-disciplinary Reflections on the Man and His Legacy.

Charles Darwin's curiosity had a remarkable childlike enthusiasm driven by an almost compulsive appetite for a constant process of discovery, which he never satiated despite his many voyages. He would puzzle about the smallest things, from the wonders of barnacles to the different shapes, colou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Silva, Sara Graça da
Otros Autores: Vieira, Fatima, Da Silva, Jorge Bastos
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • TABLE OF CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; PROLOGUE; PART I; THE "PHILOSOPHICAL NATURALISM" OF SPINOZA AND DARWIN; NEW LANDSCAPES AND NEW EYES; DARWIN'S BOTANICALWORK; THE LONG REACH OF DARWIN'S THOUGHT ON THE EVOLUTION OF HUMANS; DARWIN, MARAÑÓN, HIRSCHFELD; THE "ECLIPSE OF DARWINISM" IN PORTUGAL; A GLOBAL FAMILY OF MAN; RECONSTRUCTING THE TREE OF LIFE; PART II; THE LAW OF SEXUAL SELECTION IN EDWARD BULWER LYTTON'S THE COMING RACE (1871); (DIS)ENTANGLING SCIENTIFIC AND POETIC DISCOURSE; EVOLUTION AND ETHICS IN TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES (1891).
  • THE INFLUENCE OF CHARLES DARWIN ON JOHN STEINBECKSTAGING DARWIN; EPILOGUE; THE LAY OF THE TRILOBITE (1885); INDEX.