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Richards Robert J (Robert John), <1942-> |
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The tragic sense of life [[electronic resource] ] : Ernst Haeckel and the struggle over evolutionary thought / / Robert J. Richards |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-96630-4 |
9786611966300 |
0-226-71219-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (572 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Biologists - Germany |
Zoologists - Germany |
Evolution (Biology) - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-540) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Formation of a Romantic Biologist -- 3. Research in Italy and Conversion to Darwinism -- 4. Triumph and Tragedy at Jena -- 5. Evolutionary Morphology in the Darwinian Mode -- 6. Travel to England and the Canary Islands: Experimental Justifi cation of Evolution -- 7. The Popular Presentation of Evolution -- 8. The Rage of the Critics -- 9. The Religious Response to Evolutionism: Ants, Embryos, and Jesuits -- 10. Love in a Time of War -- 11. Conclusion: The Tragic Sense of Ernst Haeckel -- Appendix 1: A Brief History of Morphology -- Appendix 2: The Moral Grammar of Narratives in the History of Biology-the Case of Haeckel and Nazi Biology -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Prior to the First World War, more people learned of evolutionary theory from the voluminous writings of Charles Darwin's foremost champion in Germany, Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919), than from any other source, including the writings of Darwin himself. But, with detractors ranging from paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould to modern-day creationists and advocates of intelligent design, Haeckel is better known as a divisive |
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