Darwin deleted: imagining a world without Darwin

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A history of science text imagining how evolutionary theory and biology would have been understood if Darwin had never published his "Origin of Species" and other works.--publisher summary

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Full title :Darwin deleted : imagining a world without Darwin / Peter J. Bowler

Summary

A history of science text imagining how evolutionary theory and biology would have been understood if Darwin had never published his "Origin of Species" and other works.--publisher summary

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Chicago Press
Place of Publication:Chicago, Ill
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013

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History, science, and counterfactuals. Darwin's originality. Supernaturalism runs out of steam. The emergence of evolutionism. A world with a purpose. Whence natural selection?. Evolution and religion : a conflict avoided?. Social evolutionism

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Description:318 s. : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780226068671, 0226068676
oclc:ocn844066996
Dewey Decimal:576.82

Subjects

Biological Evolution Darwin, Charles Évolution Évolution (Biologie) Evolution (Biology) Evolution (Biology) -- History Histoire-fiction History Imaginary histories naturvidenskabernes filosofi Naturvidenskabernes historie