Darwin and Modern Science
Darwin and Modern Science
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USDThe Cambridge Philosophical Society collected this series of essays in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species. Aiming to be accessible to the 'educated layman', the eminent contributors reviewed the impact of Darwin's ideas in many spheres. They addressed contemporary (1909) attitudes, Darwin's theories and their far-reaching implications, and the progress of new lines of research that had emerged from them. The diversity of views among biologists regarding both the origin of species and the best directions for further research is clearly evident. In his work, Darwin had sought only the truth, writing 'Absolute accuracy is the hardest merit to attain, and the highest merit. Any deviation is ruin.' However dramatic the controversies he stirred, what shines from these essays is profound admiration for both Darwin's intellect and the quality of his character.
Product details
July 2009Paperback
9781108004350
628 pages
234 × 156 × 32 mm
0.87kg
5 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introductory letter to the editor Joseph Dalton Hooker
- 2. Darwin's predecessors J. Arthur Thomson
- 3. The selection theory August Weismann
- 4. Variation Hugo de Vries
- 5. Heredity and variation in modern lights W. Bateson
- 6. The minute structure of cells in relation to heredity Eduard Strasburger
- 7. 'The descent of man' G. Schwalbe
- 8. Charles Darwin as an anthropologist Ernst Haeckel
- 9. Some primitive theories of the origin of man J. G. Frazer
- 10. The influence of Darwin on the study of animal embryology A. Sedgwick
- 11. The palaeontological record, animals W. B. Scott
- 12. The palaeontological record, plants D. H. Scott
- 13. The influence of environment on the forms of plants Georg Klebs
- 14. Experimental study of the influence of environment on animals Jacques Loeb
- 15. The value of colour in the struggle for life E. B. Poulton
- 16. Geographical distribution of plants William Thiselton-Dyer
- 17. Geographical distribution of animals Hans Gadow
- 18. Darwin and geology J. W. Judd
- 19. Darwin's work on the movements of plants Francis Darwin
- 20. The biology of flowers K. Goebel
- 21. Mental factors in evolution C. Lloyd Morgan
- 22. The influence of the conception of evolution on modern philosophy H. Höffding
- 23. Darwinism and sociology C. Bouglé
- 24. The influence of Darwin upon religious thought P. N. Waggett
- 25. The influence of Darwin on the study of religions Jane Ellen Harrison
- 26. Evolution and the science of language P. Giles
- 27. Darwinism and history J. B. Bury
- 28. The genesis of double stars George Darwin
- 29. The evolution of matter W. C. D. Whetham.
