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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Edward J Larson |
| ISBN: | 0679642889 9780679642886 |
| OCLC Number: | 53483597 |
| Description: | xiv, 337 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. |
| Contents: | Bursting the limits of time -- A growing sense of progress -- On the origins of Darwinism -- Enthroning naturalism -- Ascent of evolutionism -- Missing links -- Genetics enters the picture -- Applied human evolution -- America's anti-evolution crusade -- The modern synthesis -- Modern culture wars -- Postmodern developments. |
| Series Title: | Modern Library chronicles, 17. |
| Responsibility: | Edward J. Larson. |
Abstract:
Larson traces the history of the contentious concept of evolution from Darwin's predecessors, like Cuvier and Lyell, to his early advocates, like Asa Gray and Thomas Huxley, and "postm odern" advocates such as Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Dawkins.
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