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Darwinian Heresies
(Edited By Abigail Lustig; Robert J. Richards; Michael Ruse)
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Description for Darwinian Heresies
hardcover. This 2004 book traces the history of evolutionary thought, and challenges many long-established assumptions. Editor(s): Lustig, Abigail; Richards, Robert J.; Ruse, Michael. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 417. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
In Darwinian Heresies, which was originally published in 2004, prominent historians and philosophers of science trace the history of evolutionary thought, and challenge many of the assumptions that have built up over the years. Covering a wide range of issues starting in the eighteenth century, Darwinian Heresies brings us through the time of Charles Darwin and the Origin, and then through the twentieth century to the present. It is suggested that Darwin's true roots lie in Germany, not his native England, that Russian evolutionism is more significant than many are prepared to allow, and that the true influence on twentieth-century evolution biology was not Charles Darwin at all, but his often-despised contemporary, Herbert Spencer. The collection was intended to interest, to excite, to infuriate, and to stimulate further work.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521815161
SKU
KTS0037554
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About (Edited By Abigail Lustig; Robert J. Richards; Michael Ruse)
Abigail Lustig is a postdoctoral fellow at the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has previously held fellowships at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, the SNRS, Paris, and the Universitat Aut-noma, Barcelona. Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. He is the author of many books, including The Darwinian Revolution: Science Red in Tooth and Claw (1999), Monad to Man: The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology (1997), and Can a Darwinian be a Christian?: The Relationship between Science and Religion (Cambridge 2000). Robert J. Richards is professor of History and Philosophy, and director of the Fishbein Center for History of Science at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior (1987), The Meaning of Evolution (1992), and The Romantic Conception of Life: Science and Philosophy in the Age of Goethe (2002).
Reviews for Darwinian Heresies
"A provocative analysis of evolutionary concepts for those engaged in the history of ideas." J.S. Schwartz, CUNY College of Staten Island, CHOICE "This collection of essays is really fun." New Biological Books "As this volume well demonstrates, questioning the existence, source, and nature of heresy in science can not only be highly profitable but also thought-provoking." Journal of the History of Biology