Monad to Man : : The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology /

Monad to Man : : The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology / / Michael Ruse.

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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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
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Ruse, Michael,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]
©1996
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (640 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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 Biologist
  • 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

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