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Darwin loves you : natural selection and the re-enchantment of the world / / George Levine
| Darwin loves you : natural selection and the re-enchantment of the world / / George Levine |
| Autore | Levine George <1931-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ ; ; Woodstock, : Princeton University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (335 p.) |
| Disciplina |
576.8/2092
576.82092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural selection
Civilization, Secular Social Darwinism |
| ISBN |
9786612298271
9781282298279 1282298275 9781400827336 1400827337 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Secular Re-enchantment -- Chapter 2. The Disenchanting Darwin -- Chapter 3. Using Darwin -- Chapter 4. A Modern Use -- Chapter 5. Darwin and Pain -- Chapter 6. "And if it be a pretty woman all the better" -- Chapter 7. A Kinder, Gentler, Darwin -- Epilogue: What Does It Mean? -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910954907503321 |
Levine George <1931->
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| Princeton, NJ ; ; Woodstock, : Princeton University Press, 2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dying to know : scientific epistemology and narrative in Victorian England / / George Levine
| Dying to know : scientific epistemology and narrative in Victorian England / / George Levine |
| Autore | Levine George <1931-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (339 p.) |
| Disciplina | 828/.80809356 |
| Soggetto topico |
English prose literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Literature and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century Narration (Rhetoric) - History - 19th century Knowledge, Theory of, in literature Science in literature Science - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
9786612904608
9781282904606 1282904604 9780226475387 0226475387 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The narrative of scientific epistemology -- Dying to know Descartes -- Carlyle, Descartes, and objectivity : lessen thy denominator -- Autobiography as epistemology : the effacement of self -- My life as a machine : Francis Galton, with some reflections on A.R. Wallace -- Self-effacement revisited : women and scientific autobiography -- The test of truth : Our Mutual Friend -- Daniel Deronda : a new epistemology -- The Cartesian Hardy : I think, therefore I'm doomed -- Daring to know : Karl Pearson and the romance of science -- The epistemology of science and art : Pearson and Pater. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910959691703321 |
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Levine George <1931->
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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