Joseph Le Conte

Evolution

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 579g
• ISBN-13: 9781108000673
• ISBN-10: 1108000673
• Artikelnr.: 27873841

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Part I. What is Evolution?: 1. Its scope and definition
2. The relation of Louis Agassiz to the theory of evolution
Part II. Evidences of the Truth of Evolution: 1. General evidences of evolution as a universal law
2. Special proofs of evolution
3. The grades of the factors of evolution and the order of their appearance
4. Special proofs from the general laws of animal structure
5. Proofs from the homologies of the vertebrate skeleton
6. Homologies of the articulate skeleton
7. Proofs from embryology
8. Proofs from geographical distribution of organisms
9. Proofs from variation of organic forms, artificial and natural
Part III. The Relation of Evolution to Religious Thought: 1. Introductory
2. The relation of evolution to materialism
3. The relation of God to nature
4. The relation of man to nature
5. The relation of God to man
6. The objection, that the above implies pantheism, answered
7. Some logical consequences of the doctrine of the divine immanency
8. Relation of evolution to the idea of the Christ
9. The relation of evolution to the problem of evil
Index.