Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory (Modern Library Chronicles, 17) - Hardcover

Larson, Edward J.

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ISBN 10: 0679642889 ISBN 13: 9780679642886

Verlag: Random House Inc, 2004

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Book by Edward J Larson

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning science historian traces the history of evolutionary theory and philosophy, from the eighteenth-century emergence of paleontology, through the dramatic breakthroughs of Darwin, to the backlash against evolutionism, to its resurrection through the science of genetics and the rise of sociobiology. 12,500 first printing.

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EDWARD J. LARSON is Russell Professor of History and Talmadge Professor of Law at the University of Georgia. He is the recipient of multiple awards for teaching and writing, including the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in History for his book, Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion. His most recent book is Evolution’s Workshop: God and Science on the Galapagos Islands. His articles have appeared in dozens of journals including The Atlantic Monthly, Nature, The Nation, and Scientific American.

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• Verlag: Random House Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0679642889
• ISBN 13: 9780679642886
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368