Evolution and the Victorians : science, culture and politics in Darwin's Britain /
Charles Darwin's discovery of evolution by natural selection was the greatest scientific discovery of all time. The publication of his 1859 book, On the Origin of Species, is normally taken as the point at which evolution erupted as an idea, radically altering how the Victorians saw themselves...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2014.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Charles Darwin's discovery of evolution by natural selection was the greatest scientific discovery of all time. The publication of his 1859 book, On the Origin of Species, is normally taken as the point at which evolution erupted as an idea, radically altering how the Victorians saw themselves and others. This book tells a very different story. Darwin's discovery was part of a long process of negotiation between imagination, faith and knowledge which began long before 1859 and which continues to this day. Evolution and the Victorians provides historians with a survey of the thinkers and debat. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (257 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781441126139 1441126139 144113090X 9781441130907 1441136096 9781441136091 9781306725248 1306725240 9781474210645 1474210643 |