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The origin of species, revisited [[electronic resource] ] : a Victorian who anticipated modern developments in Darwin's theory / / Donald R. Forsdyke
| The origin of species, revisited [[electronic resource] ] : a Victorian who anticipated modern developments in Darwin's theory / / Donald R. Forsdyke |
| Autore | Forsdyke Donald R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kingston, Ont. ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8/2/094109034 |
| Soggetto topico | Evolution (Biology) - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-85963-3
9786612859632 0-7735-6962-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452494403321 |
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| Kingston, Ont. ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The origin of species, revisited [[electronic resource] ] : a Victorian who anticipated modern developments in Darwin's theory / / Donald R. Forsdyke
| The origin of species, revisited [[electronic resource] ] : a Victorian who anticipated modern developments in Darwin's theory / / Donald R. Forsdyke |
| Autore | Forsdyke Donald R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kingston, Ont. ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8/2/094109034 |
| Soggetto topico | Evolution (Biology) - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
1-282-85963-3
9786612859632 0-7735-6962-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Search for a Victorian -- Evolution of Languages and Species -- Variation, Heredity, Phenotypic and Reproductive Selection -- Darwin’s Difficulties -- Hybrid Sterility -- Physiological Selection -- Failure of Meiotic Pairing -- Conjugation of the Chromosomes -- Why Sex? -- The Species-Dependent Component of Base Composition -- Molecular Biology -- Primary and Secondary Levels of Information -- The Dominance of the Genome Phenotype -- Initiation of Speciation -- Relationship to Physiological Selection -- The Divergence and Convergence of Species -- Selfish Genes and Selfish Groups -- Slow Fine-Tuning of Sequences -- Fine-Tuning of RNAs -- RNAs Driving on the Wrong Side -- Protein Concentration and Genetic Dominance -- Sex Chromosomes -- The Darwinian Struggle for Truth -- The Philosopher -- Huxley and the Philosopher’s Wife -- “We Commend This State of Mind” -- Epilogue -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781903503321 |
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Forsdyke Donald R
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| Kingston, Ont. ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The origin of species, revisited : a Victorian who anticipated modern developments in Darwin's theory / / Donald R. Forsdyke
| The origin of species, revisited : a Victorian who anticipated modern developments in Darwin's theory / / Donald R. Forsdyke |
| Autore | Forsdyke Donald R |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kingston, Ont. ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8/2/094109034 |
| Soggetto topico | Evolution (Biology) - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
1-282-85963-3
9786612859632 0-7735-6962-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Search for a Victorian -- Evolution of Languages and Species -- Variation, Heredity, Phenotypic and Reproductive Selection -- Darwin’s Difficulties -- Hybrid Sterility -- Physiological Selection -- Failure of Meiotic Pairing -- Conjugation of the Chromosomes -- Why Sex? -- The Species-Dependent Component of Base Composition -- Molecular Biology -- Primary and Secondary Levels of Information -- The Dominance of the Genome Phenotype -- Initiation of Speciation -- Relationship to Physiological Selection -- The Divergence and Convergence of Species -- Selfish Genes and Selfish Groups -- Slow Fine-Tuning of Sequences -- Fine-Tuning of RNAs -- RNAs Driving on the Wrong Side -- Protein Concentration and Genetic Dominance -- Sex Chromosomes -- The Darwinian Struggle for Truth -- The Philosopher -- Huxley and the Philosopher’s Wife -- “We Commend This State of Mind” -- Epilogue -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806288503321 |
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Forsdyke Donald R
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| Kingston, Ont. ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Thomas Huxley : making the "man of science" / / Paul White [[electronic resource]]
| Thomas Huxley : making the "man of science" / / Paul White [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | White Paul <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 205 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 570/.92 |
| Collana | Cambridge science biographies |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Religion and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century Literature and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century Naturalists - Great Britain |
| ISBN |
1-107-12804-8
1-280-16005-5 9786610160051 1-139-14592-4 0-511-11718-3 0-511-06618-X 0-511-05987-6 0-511-30701-2 0-511-51218-X 0-511-06831-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Science at Home -- Imperial and Sentimental -- A Women's Writing -- Improvement by Domestication -- Pressing Points of Economy -- Conclusion: Fairylands of Science -- 2. Gentlemen of Science? Debates over Manners and Institutions -- The Survey Man -- The British Cuvier -- The "Genius" -- Instituting Biology -- Why Darwin's Bulldog? -- Conclusion: Rag-and-Bone Men -- 3. Science as Culture -- Science Writing and the Periodical Press -- Literature and Liberal Education -- Friends and Enemies of Culture -- Scientific Imagination -- Conclusion: One Culture or Two? -- 4. The Worship of Science -- Holy Man -- A Broad Church -- The Classroom -- Conclusion: Metaphysical Society behind Closed Doors -- 5. "Darkest England": Science and Labor in the 1880s and 1890s -- "A Copious Shuffler" -- Land, Leadership, and Learning -- Arming for War -- The General's Scheme -- "A Fair and Adequate Trial" -- Conclusion: The Limits of Evolution -- Conclusion: The End of the "Man of Science." |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450412403321 |
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White Paul <1961->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Thomas Huxley : making the "man of science" / / Paul White [[electronic resource]]
| Thomas Huxley : making the "man of science" / / Paul White [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | White Paul <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 205 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 570/.92 |
| Collana | Cambridge science biographies |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Religion and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century Literature and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century Naturalists - Great Britain |
| ISBN |
1-107-12804-8
1-280-16005-5 9786610160051 1-139-14592-4 0-511-11718-3 0-511-06618-X 0-511-05987-6 0-511-30701-2 0-511-51218-X 0-511-06831-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Science at Home -- Imperial and Sentimental -- A Women's Writing -- Improvement by Domestication -- Pressing Points of Economy -- Conclusion: Fairylands of Science -- 2. Gentlemen of Science? Debates over Manners and Institutions -- The Survey Man -- The British Cuvier -- The "Genius" -- Instituting Biology -- Why Darwin's Bulldog? -- Conclusion: Rag-and-Bone Men -- 3. Science as Culture -- Science Writing and the Periodical Press -- Literature and Liberal Education -- Friends and Enemies of Culture -- Scientific Imagination -- Conclusion: One Culture or Two? -- 4. The Worship of Science -- Holy Man -- A Broad Church -- The Classroom -- Conclusion: Metaphysical Society behind Closed Doors -- 5. "Darkest England": Science and Labor in the 1880s and 1890s -- "A Copious Shuffler" -- Land, Leadership, and Learning -- Arming for War -- The General's Scheme -- "A Fair and Adequate Trial" -- Conclusion: The Limits of Evolution -- Conclusion: The End of the "Man of Science." |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783131103321 |
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White Paul <1961->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Thomas Huxley : making the "man of science" / / Paul White
| Thomas Huxley : making the "man of science" / / Paul White |
| Autore | White Paul <1961-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 205 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina |
570/.92
B |
| Collana | Cambridge science biographies |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Religion and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century Literature and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century Naturalists - Great Britain |
| ISBN |
1-107-12804-8
1-280-16005-5 9786610160051 1-139-14592-4 0-511-11718-3 0-511-06618-X 0-511-05987-6 0-511-30701-2 0-511-51218-X 0-511-06831-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Science at Home -- Imperial and Sentimental -- A Women's Writing -- Improvement by Domestication -- Pressing Points of Economy -- Conclusion: Fairylands of Science -- 2. Gentlemen of Science? Debates over Manners and Institutions -- The Survey Man -- The British Cuvier -- The "Genius" -- Instituting Biology -- Why Darwin's Bulldog? -- Conclusion: Rag-and-Bone Men -- 3. Science as Culture -- Science Writing and the Periodical Press -- Literature and Liberal Education -- Friends and Enemies of Culture -- Scientific Imagination -- Conclusion: One Culture or Two? -- 4. The Worship of Science -- Holy Man -- A Broad Church -- The Classroom -- Conclusion: Metaphysical Society behind Closed Doors -- 5. "Darkest England": Science and Labor in the 1880s and 1890s -- "A Copious Shuffler" -- Land, Leadership, and Learning -- Arming for War -- The General's Scheme -- "A Fair and Adequate Trial" -- Conclusion: The Limits of Evolution -- Conclusion: The End of the "Man of Science." |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827095203321 |
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White Paul <1961->
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| Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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