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

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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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Silva, Sara Graça da
Other Authors: Vieira, Fatima, Da Silva, Jorge Bastos
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.
Subjects:
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882.
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882
Evolution (Biology)
Evolution (Biology) in literature.
Naturalists > England > Biography.
Naturalistes > Angleterre > Biographies.
Literature & literary studies.
Interdisciplinary studies.
Biology, life sciences.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Naturalists
Evolution (Biology) in literature
England
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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