Of apes and ancestors : evolution, Christianity, and the Oxford debate /

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By reconstructing the Oxford debate of 1860 on the merits of Charles Darwin?s Origin of Species, and carefully considering the individual perspectives of the main participants, Ian Hesketh argues that personal jealousies and professional agendas played a formative role in shaping the response to Dar...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hesketh, Ian, 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2009
Subjects:
Huxley, Thomas Henry, > 1825-1895.
Wilberforce, Samuel, > 1805-1873.
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882.
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882
Huxley, Thomas Henry, > 1825-1895
Wilberforce, Samuel, > 1805-1873
1800-1899
Evolution (Biology) > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Religion and science > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Religion et sciences > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SCIENCE > History.
Evolution (Biology)
Intellectual life
Religion and science
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle.
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Charles Darwin: historian of natural history
  • The struggles of Soapy Sam
  • Thomas Henry Huxley and Richard Owen: or, Darwin's bulldog and the queer fish
  • Joseph Dalton Hooker and the early history of a great friendship
  • The Oxford debate
  • Remembering the Oxford debate
  • Epilogue: the history of the present.

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