Evolution : : Its Science and Doctrine / / ed. by Thomas W.M. Cameron.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Bissell, Claude,; Brady, Alexander,; Cameron, A. G. W.,; Cameron, Thomas W. M.,; Crocker, Bruce F.,; Dunbar, M. J.,; Edmund, Gordon,; Grace, N. H.,; Hawthorn, H. B.,; Löve, Áskell,; Murray, R. G. E.,; Okulitch, Vladimir J.,; Russell, Loris S.,; Régis, Louis-Marie,; Savile, D. B. O.,; Shrum, G. M.,; Thompson, W. P.,; Volkoff, G. M.,; Williams, M. Y.,
• HerausgeberIn: Cameron, Thomas W.M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1960
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (258 p.)

The publication in 1859 of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species touched off a violent controversy which, when the tumult had died down, left the theory of biological evolution firmly established. The success of the book was instantaneous, partly because the educated public was ready to listen to a reasonable explanation and parly because Thomas Huxley and Herbert Spencer were available and anxious to fight for the theory in the face of all opposition. The opposition was considerable but merely served to fan the flame of public interest. Hence the concept of descent with modification spread and widened and the doctrine of Evolution did more to revitalize human thinking during the past century than any other force. It is for this reason that the Royal Society of Canada commemorated the centenary of the publication of Darwin's book by organizing a symposium on Evolution at its annual meeting in June 1959. This volume consists of papers on geological, biological, philosophical, sociological, and cosmological subjects related to Evolution. Contributors include: L.S. Russell, Vladimir J. Okulitch, M.Y. Williams, Gordon Edmund, Thomas W.M. Cameron, W.P. Thompson, M.J. Dunbar, D.B.A. Savile, Askell Love, R.G.E. Murray, Bruce F. Crocker, le R.P. Louis-Marie Régis, Alexander Brady, H.B. Hawthorn, C.T. Bissell, N.H. Grace, G.M. Shrum, G.M. Volkoff, A.G.W. Cameron. The volume represents a major contribution by Canadian scholars of various disciplines to the world-wide celebration of the Darwin centenary. Royal Society of Canada "Studia Varia" Series, No. 4.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- A Note on Geological Time -- Contents -- 1. The Geological Record of Evolution -- 2. The Lower Cambrian Fauna -- 3. The Evolution of Palaeozoic Life: Ordovician to Permian -- 4. Evolution of Dental Patterns in the Lower Vertebrates -- 5. Fossil Mammals and Intercontinental Connections -- 6. Southern Intercontinental Connections and the Origin of Southern Mammals -- 7. The Cause and Mode of Evolution -- 8. The Evolution of Stability: Natural Selection at the Level of the Ecosystem -- 9. The Evolutionary Significance of Barrier Penetration -- 10. Biosystematics and the Processes of Speciation -- 11. The Evolution of Bacteria -- 12. A Biochemist Looks at Evolution: Past and Future -- 13. Quelques Reflexions Philosophiques sur la Science de L'Evolution -- 14. The Influence of Darwin on Political and Social Thought -- 15. Darwin and Social Evolution -- 16. Samuel Butler and Evolution -- 17. Evolution and Industry -- 18. Physica: Heri, Hodie, Cras -- 19. On Cosmology -- 20. The Origin of the Elements