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A Remarkable Journey: The Story of Evolution
R. Paul Thompson
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Description for A Remarkable Journey: The Story of Evolution
Hardback. A Remarkable Journey describes the development of evolutionary theory from Darwin to the present, giving a historical narrative of the conceptual and theoretical discoveries and debates, which led to the theory that we know today. Num Pages: 240 pages, 50. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 148 x 222 x 27. Weight in Grams: 446.
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) appeared a little more than 150 years ago. Before the publication of Darwin's groundbreaking theory others had advocated evolutionary views, but his work, two decades in the making, was transformative. Nevertheless,this radical study was only the beginning of the development of evolutionary biology. The story of evolutionary theory is fascinating and conceptually rich. Its creation involved modification, clarification, experimentation and frustration, yet in the end a robust, vibrant and deeply descriptive theory emerged. The tortuous path from Darwin's original brilliant formulation to today's model is filled with intrigue and philosophical richness. In ... Read more
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) appeared a little more than 150 years ago. Before the publication of Darwin's groundbreaking theory others had advocated evolutionary views, but his work, two decades in the making, was transformative. Nevertheless,this radical study was only the beginning of the development of evolutionary biology. The story of evolutionary theory is fascinating and conceptually rich. Its creation involved modification, clarification, experimentation and frustration, yet in the end a robust, vibrant and deeply descriptive theory emerged. The tortuous path from Darwin's original brilliant formulation to today's model is filled with intrigue and philosophical richness. In ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
447g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780234465
SKU
V9781780234465
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About R. Paul Thompson
R. Paul Thompson is Professor at the Institute of the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Agro-Technology: A Philosophical Introduction (2011) and Evolutionary Biology: Conceptual, Ethical and Religious Issues (with Denis Walsh, 2014).
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