The Evolution Wars : A Guide to the Debates /

Draws on history, science, and philosophy to examine the development of evolutionary thought through the past two and a half centuries. Focuses on the great debates, including the 19th century clash over the nature of classification and debates about the fossil record, genetics, and human nature.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ruse, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Controversen.
Creationisme.
Evolutietheorie.
Evolution (Biology)
42.21 evolution.
42.01 history of biology.
evolution.
Évolution (Biologie)
Biological Evolution > history
Biological Evolution
Evolution (Biology) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Edward O. Wilson
  • Monad to man: the birth of an idea
  • Mystery of mysteries: the legacy of Charles Darwin
  • Modified monkeys: evolution as religion
  • The New world: Darwin in America
  • Cold war warriors: Dawin and genetics
  • In the beginning: the origin of life
  • "Going the whole orang": human origins
  • Genetic determinism? human sociobiolgy arrives
  • Challenges to orthodoxy: alternatives to Darwinism
  • Ultimate questions: science and religion
  • Epilogue.

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