Evolution

The History of an Idea, 25th Anniversary Edition, With a New Preface

Peter J. Bowler

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9780520945326
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Evolution
• Index: Biological Sciences

Since its original publication in 1989, Evolution: The History of an Idea has been recognized as a comprehensive and authoritative source on the development and impact of this most controversial of scientific theories. This twentieth anniversary edition is updated with a new preface examining recent scholarship and trends within the study of evolution. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 2009.
Since its original publication in 1989, Evolution: The History of an Idea has been recognized as a comprehensive and authoritative source on the development and impact of this most controversial of scientific theories. This twentieth anniversary ed

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Preface to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition
• Preface to the First Edition
• 1. The Idea of Evolution
• THE OLD WORLDVIEW AND THE NEW
• THE POSSIBILITIES OF CHANGE
• THE NATURE OF SCIENCE
• THE HISTORIAN'S PROBLEMS
• 2 The Pre-evolutionary Worldview
• HUMAN HISTORY
• THEORIES OF THE EARTH
• THE MEANING OF FOSSILS
• NATURAL THEOLOGY
• THE NEW NATURAL HISTORY
• THE PROBLEM OF GENERATION
• 3 Evolution in the Enlightenment
• HUMAN NATURE
• THE ORIGIN OF SOCIETY
• THE HISTORY OF THE EARTH
• THE CHAIN OF BEING
• THE NEW CLASSIFICATION
• THE NEW THEORIES OF GENERATION
• THE MATERIALISTS
• THE FIRST TRANSMUTATIONISTS
• 4 Nature and Society, 1800-1859
• THE INVENTION OF PROGRESS
• THE FRAMEWORK OF SCIENCE
• GEORGES CUVIER: FOSSILS AND THE HISTORY OF LIFE
• CATASTROPHISM AND NATURAL THEOLOGY IN BRITAIN
• THE PHILOSOPHICAL NATURALISTS
• RADICAL SCIENCE
• THE PRINCIPLE OF UNIFORMITY
• THE VESTIGES OF CREATION
• 5 The Development of Darwin’s Theory
• DARWIN’S EARLY CAREER
• THE CRUCIAL YEARS: 1836-1839
• DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY, 1840-1859
• WALLACE AND PUBLICATION OF THE THEORY
• THE FOUNDATIONS OF DARWINISM
• THE SCIENTIFIC DEBATE
• DARWINISM AND DESIGN
• HUMAN ORIGINS
• EVOLUTION AND PROGRESS
• 7 The Eclipse of Darwinism
• RECONSTRUCTING THE HISTORY OF LIFE
• THE AGE OF THE EARTH
• NEO-LAMARCKISM
• ORTHOGENESIS
• NEO-DARWINISM
• MENDELISM AND THE MUTATION THEORY
• 8 Evolution, Society, and Culture, 1875-1925
• THE MISSING LINK
• THE ORIGINS OF CULTURE AND SOCIETY
• EVOLUTION AND RACE
• SOCIAL EVOLUTIONISM
• BIOLOGICAL DETERMINISM
• NEO-LAMARCKISM AND SOCIETY
• EVOLUTION AND PHILOSOPHY
• EVOLUTION AND RELIGION
• 9 The Evolutionary Synthesis
• POPULATION GENETICS
• THE MODERN SYNTHESIS
• THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
• WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE SYNTHESIS
• 10 Modern Debates and Developments
• THE HISTORY OF LIFE
• HUMAN ORIGINS
• SOCIOBIOLOGY AND ULTRA-DARWINISM
• OPPONENTS OF ULTRA-DARWINISM
• ANTI-DARWINIANS
• DARWINISM NOT SCIENTIFIC?
• CREATIONISM
• Bibliography
• Index