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In this pioneering study of the first major challenges to Darwinism, Bowler examines the completing theories of evolution, identifies their intellectual origins, and describes the process by which the modern concept of evolution emerged.



Trade Review
Establishes the context and the necessity for reconciliation between Darwinism and the other biological subdisciplines that occurred in the years following the 1920s. American Scientist

Table of Contents

Preface
Preface to the Original Edition
Ackowledgments
Chapter 1. The Eclipse and Its Implications
Chapter 2. The Defense of Darwinism
Chapter 3. The Decline of Theistic Evolutionism
Chapter 4. Lamarckism
Chapter 5. Anti-Darwinism in France
Chapter 6. The American School
Chapter 7. Orthogenesis
Chapter 8. The Mutation Theory
Notes
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index

The Eclipse of Darwinism AntiDarwinian Evolution Theories in the Decades around 1900

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      Publisher Hopkins Fulfillment Service
      Published 3/28/1992 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780801843914
      978-0801843914
      ISBN-10 080184391X
      Also in:
      Science & Nature Evolution / Evolutionary biology

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In this pioneering study of the first major challenges to Darwinism, Bowler examines the completing theories of evolution, identifies their intellectual origins, and describes the process by which the modern concept of evolution emerged.



      Trade Review
      Establishes the context and the necessity for reconciliation between Darwinism and the other biological subdisciplines that occurred in the years following the 1920s. American Scientist

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Preface to the Original Edition
      Ackowledgments
      Chapter 1. The Eclipse and Its Implications
      Chapter 2. The Defense of Darwinism
      Chapter 3. The Decline of Theistic Evolutionism
      Chapter 4. Lamarckism
      Chapter 5. Anti-Darwinism in France
      Chapter 6. The American School
      Chapter 7. Orthogenesis
      Chapter 8. The Mutation Theory
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Author Index
      Subject Index

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