Peter J. Bowler

Charles Darwin

The Man and His Influence
Herausgeber: Gregory Kohlstedt, Sally; Knight, David M.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

There can be no doubt of Charles Darwin's major role in the development of modern science and thought. Darwin has become an almost mythical figure in the emergence of modern culture; yet he was by no means the first person to publish evolutionary ideas and his theory of natural selection was not generally accepted by his contemporaries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 586g
• ISBN-13: 9780521562225
• ISBN-10: 0521562228
• Artikelnr.: 21776731

Inhaltsangabe

General editor's preface
Preface
1. The problem of interpretation
2. Evolution before The Origin of Species
3. The young Darwin
4. The voyage of the Beagle
5. The crucial years, London 1837-1842
6. The years of development
7. Going public
8. The emergence of Darwinism
9. The opponents of Darwinism
10. Human origins
11. Darwin and the modern world
Notes
Bibliography
Index.