04014nam 2200733 a 450 991078266640332120200520144314.01-281-96630-497866119663000-226-71219-210.7208/9780226712192(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)Historyevolution, evolutionary, theory, theoretical, theorist, history, historical, wwi, world war, darwin, darwinian, writings, ernst haeckel, 1800s, controversy, controversial, science, scientific, scientist, academic, scholarly, research, paleontologist, stephen jay gould, creationist, creationism, intelligent design, genes, adaptation, species, life story, biography, biographical.BiologistsZoologistsEvolution (Biology)History.570.92BRichards Robert J(Robert John),1942-1402776MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782666403321The tragic sense of life3828746UNINA