Evolution: Genesis and Revelations: With Readings from Empedocles to WilsonC. Leon Harris State University of New York Press, 1981 M06 30 - 352 páginas In this comprehensive history of evolutionism, C. Leon Harris has combined primary source readings with clear, pertinent background information, to provide a solid basic understanding of the ways scientists have arrived at today's views of evolution. Harris describes the major contributors to the theory of evolutionism, placing each in the context of the general cultural influences to which he was exposed. Each chapter also contains an explanation of the philosophical basis of the scientific approach of the period in question. A lengthy bibliography provides direction for further reading on this important and timely subject. |
Contenido
Ancient Greece | 29 |
Rome and the Middle Ages | 57 |
the Revival of Science in the Renaissance | 80 |
the French Phase | 103 |
The British Phase | 124 |
Evolutionary Convergence | 152 |
Long Live NeoDarwinism | 193 |
Marxism Lysenkoism and Sociobiology | 232 |
Notes | 266 |
Bibliography | 302 |
Index | 331 |
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Evolution: Genesis and Revelations: With Readings from Empedocles to Wilson C. Leon Harris Vista previa limitada - 1981 |
Evolution: Genesis and Revelations: With Readings from Empedocles to Wilson C. Leon Harris Vista previa limitada - 1981 |
Evolution: Genesis and Revelations: With Readings from Empedocles to Wilson C. Leon Harris Sin vista previa disponible - 1981 |
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