03650nam 2200733 a 450 991045411810332120200520144314.01-281-96630-497866119663000-226-71219-210.7208/9780226712192(CKB)1000000000707214(EBL)432283(OCoLC)309071386(SSID)ssj0000778031(PQKBManifestationID)12320951(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000778031(PQKBWorkID)10757180(PQKB)10629480(SSID)ssj0000261107(PQKBManifestationID)11212424(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000261107(PQKBWorkID)10243509(PQKB)11039762(MiAaPQ)EBC432283(DE-B1597)523617(OCoLC)1096454758(DE-B1597)9780226712192(Au-PeEL)EBL432283(CaPaEBR)ebr10271876(CaONFJC)MIL196630(EXLCZ)99100000000070721420070924d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe tragic sense of life[electronic resource] Ernst Haeckel and the struggle over evolutionary thought /Robert J. RichardsChicago University of Chicago Press20081 online resource (572 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-71216-8 0-226-71214-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-540) and index.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 -- IndexPrior 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 figure than as a pioneering biologist. Robert J. Richards's intellectual biography rehabilitates Haeckel, providing the most accurate measure of his science and art yet written, as well as a moving account of Haeckel's eventful life. BiologistsGermanyBiographyZoologistsGermanyBiographyEvolution (Biology)HistoryElectronic books.BiologistsZoologistsEvolution (Biology)History.570.92BRichards Robert J(Robert John),1942-919283MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454118103321The tragic sense of life2204300UNINA