Evolution,9780520236936

Evolution

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780520236936
ISBN10: 0520236939
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-07-01
Publisher(s): Univ of California Pr
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Summary

Since its original publication in 1983, Evolution: The History of an Idea has been recognized as a comprehensive and authoritative source on the development and impact of this most controversial of scientific theories. This new edition has been entirely rewritten to take account of the latest work of historians and scientists. The sequence of chapters has been reconstructed in a way that will help students and general readers to understand the key phases in the development of modern evolutionism. The book's substantial bibliography has been updated to serve as a valuable introduction to the immense literature on this topic.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
Preface to the Third Edition xi
Preface to the First Edition xv
The Idea of Evolution: Its Scope and Implications
1(26)
The Old Worldview and the New
3(4)
The Possibilities of Change
7(6)
The Nature of Science
13(5)
The Historian's Problems
18(9)
The Pre-Evolutionary Worldview
27(21)
Human History
29(2)
Theories of the Earth
31(4)
The Meaning of Fossils
35(3)
Natural Theology
38(3)
The New Natural History
41(4)
The Problem of Generation
45(3)
Evolution in the Enlightenment
48(48)
Human Nature
50(4)
The Origin of Society
54(3)
The History of the Earth
57(5)
The Chain of Being
62(4)
The New Classification
66(5)
The New Theories of Generation
71(10)
The Materialists
81(3)
The First Transmutationists
84(12)
Nature and Society, 1800--1859
96(45)
The Invention of Progress
99(7)
The Framework of Science
106(2)
Georges Cuvier: Fossils and the History of Life
108(7)
Catastrophism and Natural Theology in Britain
115(5)
The Philosophical Naturalists
120(6)
Radical Science
126(3)
The Principle of Uniformity
129(5)
The Vestiges of Creation
134(7)
The Development of Darwin's Theory
141(36)
Darwin's Early Career
148(7)
The Crucial Years: 1836--1839
155(9)
Development of the Theory, 1840--1859
164(9)
Wallace and Publication of the Theory
173(4)
The Reception of Darwin's Theory
177(47)
The Foundations of Darwinism
180(8)
The Scientific Debate
188(14)
Darwinism and Design
202(5)
Human Origins
207(9)
Evolution and Progress
216(8)
The Eclipse of Darwinism: Scientific Evolutionism, 1875--1925
224(50)
Reconstructing the History of Life
227(7)
The Age of the Earth
234(2)
Neo-Lamarckism
236(11)
Orthogenesis
247(4)
Neo-Darwinism
251(9)
Mendelism and the Mutation Theory
260(14)
Evolution, Society, and Culture, 1875--1925
274(51)
The Missing Link
278(6)
The Origins of Culture and Society
284(8)
Evolution and Race
292(5)
Social Evolutionism
297(10)
Biological Determinism
307(8)
Neo-Lamarckism and Society
315(2)
Evolution and Philosophy
317(5)
Evolution and Religion
322(3)
The Evolutionary Synthesis
325(22)
Population Genetics
327(6)
The Modern Synthesis
333(6)
The Origin of Life
339(1)
Wider Implications of the Synthesis
340(7)
Modern Debates and Developments
347(36)
The History of Life
349(4)
Human Origins
353(3)
Sociobiology and Ultra-Darwinism
356(5)
Opponents of Ultra-Darwinism
361(5)
Anti-Darwinians
366(3)
Darwinism not Scientific?
369(6)
Creationism
375(8)
Bibliography 383(68)
Index 451

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