The tragic sense of life [[electronic resource] ] : Ernst Haeckel and the struggle over evolutionary thought / / Robert J. Richards
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Richards Robert J (Robert John), <1942->
|
| Titolo: |
The tragic sense of life [[electronic resource] ] : Ernst Haeckel and the struggle over evolutionary thought / / Robert J. Richards
|
| Pubblicazione: | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (572 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 570.92 |
| B | |
| Soggetto topico: | Biologists - Germany |
| Zoologists - Germany | |
| Evolution (Biology) - History | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | evolution, 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 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-540) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The tragic sense of life |
| ISBN: | 1-281-96630-4 |
| 9786611966300 | |
| 0-226-71219-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782666403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |