Monad to man : the concept of progress in evolutionary biology / / Michael Ruse
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| Autore: |
Ruse Michael
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| Titolo: |
Monad to man : the concept of progress in evolutionary biology / / Michael Ruse
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009, c1996 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (648 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 576.82 |
| Soggetto topico: | Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy |
| Evolution (Biology) - History | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-596) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents ; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Progress and Culture; 2. The Birth of Evolutionism; 3. The Nineteenth Century; From Cuvier to Owen; 4. Charles Darwin and Progress; 5. Evolution as World View; 6. The Professional Biologists; 7. Evolution Travels West; 8. British Evolutionists and Mendelian Genetics ; 9. Discipline Building in Britain; 10. The Genetics of Populations; 11. The Synthesis; 12. Professional Evolutionism; 13. Contemporary Debates; 14. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Credits; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In interviews with today's major figures in evolutionary biology--including Stephen Jay Gould, E. O. Wilson, Ernst Mayr, and John Maynard Smith--Ruse offers an unparalleled account of evolutionary theory, from popular books to museums to the most complex theorizing, at a time when its status as science is under greater scrutiny than ever before. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Monad to man |
| ISBN: | 0-674-58220-9 |
| 0-674-04299-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812733203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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