One Long Argument - Charles Darwin & the Genesis of Modern Evolutionary Thought (Cobee) (Paper) (Questions of Science): Charles Darwin and the Genesis of Modern Evolutionary Thought: 2 [Reprint ed.]
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Evolutionary theory ranks as one of the most powerful concepts of modern civilization. Its effects on our view of life h
Table of contents : COVER Preface Contents Illustrations Chapter 1 Who Is Darwin Chapter 2 Confronting the Creationists: The First Darwinian Revolution Chapter 3 How Species Originate Chapter 4 Ideological Opposition to Darwin’s Five Theories Chapter 5 The Struggle against Physicists and Philosophers Chapter 6 Darwin’s Path to the Theory of Natural Selection Chapter 7 What Is Darwinism? Chapter 8 A Hard Look at Soft Inheritance: Neo-Darwinism Chapter 9 Geneticists and Naturalists Reach a Consensus: The Second Darwinian Revolution Chapter 10 New Frontiers in Evolutionary Biology References Illustrations Glossary Acknowledgments Index