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Books on: darwin history

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Darwin's Plots: Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot, and Nineteenth-Century Fiction

Book by Gillian Beer; Cambridge University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Darwin, Charles--1809-1882--Influence, Eliot, George--1819-1880--Knowledge--Natural History, English Fiction--19th Century--History And Criticism, Evolution (Biology) In Literature, Evolution In Literature, Hardy, Thomas--1840-1928--Knowledge--Natural History, Literature And Science--Great Britain--History--19th Century, Narration (Rhetoric), Nature In Literature

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Gillian Beer's landmark book demonstrates how Darwin overturned fundamental cultural assumptions in his narratives, how George Eliot, Thomas Hardy and other writers pursued and resisted their contradictory implications, and how the stories he produced about natural selection and the struggle for ...
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Gillian Beer's landmark book demonstrates how Darwin overturned fundamental cultural assumptions in his narratives, how George Eliot, Thomas Hardy and other writers pursued and resisted their contradictory implications, and how the stories he produced about natural selection and the struggle for life now underpin our culture. This second edition incorporates a new preface by the author and a foreword by the distinguished American scholar George Levine.
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Darwin and Modern Science: Essays in Commemoration of the Centenary of the Birth of Charles Darwin and of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Publication of the Origin of Species

Book by A. C. Seward; Cambridge University Press, 1909

Subjects:

Darwin, Charles--1809-1882, Evolution (Biology), Science--History

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...II. Darwins Predecessors...Professor of Natural History in the University...XXVII. Darwinism and History : J. B. BURY...We claim for Darwin that he is the Newton of natural history, and that, just...
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Darwin

Book by Gamaliel Bradford; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926

Subjects:

Darwin, Charles--1809-1882

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...For twenty years Darwin patiently worked...important in the whole history of science. During...study of natural history is an entirely different pursuit since Darwin from what it was...relation between Darwin and Wallace in...things in the whole history of science. There...
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Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution

Book by Gertrude Himmelfarb; Doubleday, 1959

Subjects:

Darwin, Charles--1809-1882, Evolution (Biology)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...meaning for Charles Darwin and for the history of science might be...conchologists. Whether Darwins taste for natural history was innate or acquired...plainly told the glacial history of the area. Later Darwin was to recognize this...
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Charles Darwin: A Portrait

Book by Geoffrey West; Yale University Press, 1938

Subjects:

Darwin, Charles--1809-1882

Collections: History, Entire Library

...2 Erasmus Darwin , 65. ter as sugar-coating...before the commencement of the history of mankind, would it be too...10 Dr. Darwin , Pearson, 214 . 11...Josiah Wedgwood From Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters...

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Journal Articles on: darwin history

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Darwin, Thomists, and Secondary Causality

Journal article by Armand Maurer; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 57, 2004

Subjects:

Causation (Philosophy)--Criticism and interpretation, Causation--Criticism and interpretation, Darwin, Charles--Criticism and interpretation, Metaphysics--Criticism and interpretation, Thomas Aquinas, Saint--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...Development of Charles Darwins Theory of Evolution," Studies in History and Philosophy...work publishes Darwins manuscript from...taken. For the history of the notion...Philosophy," 113-14; "Darwin and Herschel," Studies in History and Philosophy...
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The Darwin before Darwin: Erasmus Darwin, Visionary Science, and Romantic Poetry

Journal article by Michael Page; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 41, 2005

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Darwin, Erasmus--Works, Lyric poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Works

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...notes, The importance of Erasmus Darwin for the intellectual history of the last decade of the eighteenth...Brian W. Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction. New York: Atheneum, 1986. Darwin, Erasmus. The Botanic Garden, Part...
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Darwin and the Question of Form: The Greek Connection

Journal article by Raymond L. Weiss; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 61, 2007

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Darwin, Charles--Works, Evolution (Biology)--Analysis, Evolution--Analysis, Philosophy of nature--Analysis

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...for Aristotle. But when Darwin speaks of the "history of the organic world...course, crucial to the Darwinian position, history is not strictly a causal...difficult to say whether "history" actually exists for Darwin. He apparently uses the...
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Was Darwin a Social Darwinist? What Is a Proper Evolutionary View of Human Culture and Morality?

Journal article by Douglas Allchin; The American Biology Teacher, Vol. 69, 2007

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Darwin, Charles--Works, Human beings--Social aspects, Humans--Social aspects, Man--Social aspects, Morality--Analysis, Social evolution--Analysis

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...to concur that the natural history of humans leaves an ethical void. Darwin himself, by contrast, had a...of Species many years later, Darwin advised his readers, with conspicuous...on the origin of man and his history" (1859, p. 488). In almost...
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Charles Darwin and Victorian Visual Culture

Journal article by George Levine; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 37, 2006

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Books--Book reviews, Charles Darwin and Victorian Visual Culture (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...to that flowers propagation. Darwin, on the other hand, sought...surfaces to come to terms with the history of the organism, the functions...and the beautiful resist the Darwinian implication that it is all...stunning new chapter in the history of Victorian culture. A Review...

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Magazine Articles on: darwin history

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The Watch on the Heath: Science and Religion before Darwin

Magazine article by Patricia Fara; History Today, Vol. 55, July 2005

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Books--Book reviews, The Watch on the Heath: Science and Religion before Darwin (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...forces to search for new approaches to age-old problems. As he rightly stresses, evolutionary ideas had a long pre-Darwinian history. Furthermore, far from being an instant success, Darwins theory of natural selection was hotly contested for many...
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Darwin and the Descent of Morality

Magazine article by Benjamin Wiker; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, November 2001

Subjects:

Darwin, Charles--Research, Ethics--Social aspects, Evolution--Moral and ethical aspects, Natural selection--Moral and ethical aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...cause. We find Darwins account of morality...foundations for his natural history of morality in the...naturalist bent, Darwins natural history of morality (or more...account a natural history of morality. For Darwin, in order to become...
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Becoming Darwin

Magazine article by Paul R. Gross; New Criterion, Vol. 21, February 2003

Subjects:

Charles Darwin: The Power of Place (Book)

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...Janet Browne Charles Darwin: The Power of Place...heyday of whiggish history of science, but...especially the Darwin correspondence...background in biology and history, by virtue of her...work of natural history that Darwin had undertaken...
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Why Did They Bury Darwin in Westminster Abbey? Charles Darwin Is Often Pictured Not Only as the Author of a Controversial Scientific Theory but Also as a Nonbeliever and a Menace to Traditional Values and Beliefs. Why, Then, Was He Honored with a Burial in Westminster Abbey?

Magazine article by R.G. Weyant; Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 30, January 2006

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Biologists--Death of, Biologists--Public opinion, Biologists--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Burial--Investigations, Darwin, Charles--Death of, Darwin, Charles--Public opinion, Darwin, Charles--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Evolution, Evolution (Biology), Westminster Abbey

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...the Abbey signaled not only Darwins importance to English society...of Science was now "ancient history." Younger and more liberal...Michael and John Gribbin. 1996. Darwin: A Life in Science. London...His interests include the history of ideas and the history of...
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Going Ape over Darwin: Mark Bryant on Cartoons of the Man Who Shook Victorian Society to the Core

Magazine article by Mark Bryant; History Today, Vol. 58, April 2008

Subjects:

Animators--Appreciation, Animators--Works, Cartoonists and animators--Appreciation, Cartoonists and animators--Works, Cartoonists--Appreciation, Cartoonists--Works, Darwin, Charles--Appreciation, Darwin, Charles--Works, Naturalists--Appreciation, Naturalists--Works

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Relation to Sex (February 24th, 1871). In A Venerable Orang-Utang: a Contribution to Unnatural History published in The Hornet (March 22nd, 1871), Darwin is depicted as an aged orang-utan. The London Sketchbook (April 1874) shows an ape-like Darwin...

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Newspaper Articles on: darwin history

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Theory of Revolution Darwin Broke New Ground; Exhibit Goes Old-School

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 15, 2007

Subjects:

Darwin, Charles

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...traveling exhibit, developed by the American Museum of Natural History in New York with help from the Field and other museums, relies...rare, treasured objects to tell its story. The centerpiece of "Darwin" is a room of animals representing what Darwin encountered...
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A LONG OLD LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE; Discovered by Charles Darwin and Now Living in an Australian Zoo, Meet Harriet the Transsexual Tortoise, 175 Tomorrow and the Oldest Creature on Earth ..

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 14, 2005

Subjects:

Darwin, Charles

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...few things about the history of the world if she could...evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin, who first found her...But its the weight of history that she carries on her...plods on, walking into history daily. She has made it...of a childrens book, Darwins Tortoise, which will...
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Challenging Darwin; Advocates of Intelligent Design Argue for New Thought

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 19, 2002

Subjects:

Darwin, Charles

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...says represents the preserved history of living things on Earth. Charles Darwin, a 19th-century scientist...chapters of the Bible as real history, including the creation of...000 years old, while most Darwinian evolutionists argue that it...
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Biochemist Puts Evolution, Darwin in a 'Black Box'

Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, August 11, 1996

Subjects:

Darwin, Charles

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...I do not believe it explains molecular life. . . . For the Darwinian theory of life to be true, it has to account for the molecular...Behe continues, "to show that it does not." After a brief history of molecular biology and biochemistry, Mr. Behe shows how...
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How a Theologian, Two Biologists See Darwin

Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, November 19, 2000

Subjects:

Darwin, Charles

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...open material systems to Gods providence. On the truth of Darwinian evolution, Mr. Polkinghorne and Mr. Miller have no doubts...and hope as if God intervenes in the material world and in history. To locate Gods possible contact point, Mr. Miller cites...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: darwin history

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Darwin, Charles Robert

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...theory of organic evolution known as Darwinism . He studied medicine at Edinburgh and...the training. His interest in natural history led to his friendship with the botanist...naturalist aboard the Beagle. This started Darwin on a career of accumulating and assimilating...
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Priestley, Joseph

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Josiah Wedgwood, and Erasmus Darwin. Priestleys Essay on Government...critical discussion. In his History of Electricity (1767), he...Philosophy appeared in 1774; his History of the Corruptions of Christianity...officially burned in 1785; and his History of Early Opinions concerning...
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Darwinism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Charles Lyells treatment of the doctrine of uniformitarianism . Darwins evidence for evolution rested on the data of comparative anatomy...rudimentary (vestigial) organs; of the recapitulation of past racial history in individual embryonic development; of geographical distribution...
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Geology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...influenced also by the work of Charles Darwin and enriched by the researches of the...moon have provided insight into the early history of near-earth space. On-site analyses...clues about its composition and geologic history, including the possibility that Mars once...
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Barzun, Jacques

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...founders of the discipline of cultural history, he began teaching history at Columbia in 1928 and spent the remainder of his long and...America (1945), Berlioz and the Romantic Century (1950), Darwin, Marx, Wagner (rev. 2d ed., 1958), The House of Intellect...

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