The tragic sense of life : Ernst Haeckel and the struggle over evolutionary thought / / Robert J. Richards
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| Autore: |
Richards Robert J (Robert John), <1942->
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| Titolo: |
The tragic sense of life : Ernst Haeckel and the struggle over evolutionary thought / / Robert J. Richards
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| Pubblicazione: | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (572 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 570.92 |
| B | |
| Soggetto topico: | Biologists - Germany |
| Zoologists - Germany | |
| Evolution (Biology) - History | |
| 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: | 9786611966300 |
| 9781281966308 | |
| 1281966304 | |
| 9780226712192 | |
| 0226712192 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910967366703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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