Evolution, genesis and revelations, with readings from Empedocles to Wilson /

• Main Author: Harris, C. Leon, 1943-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, �1981.
• Subjects: Evolution > History.; Science > History.; Science > Philosophy.; SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.; Evolution.; Science.; Evolutietheorie.; Natuurwetenschappen.; Filosofie.; Electronic books.; History.; Geschiedenis (vorm)

Table of Contents:

• Prescientific concepts of the origin of species : Genesis
• The origin of science : Ancient Greece
• The infanticide of science : Rome and the Middle Ages
• Born again : the revival of science in the Renaissance
• The genesis of evolutionism : the French phase
• The genesis of evolutionism : the British phase
• Darwin and Wallace : evolutionary convergence
• Darwinism is dead : long live Neo-Darwinism
• Modern times : Marxism, Lysenkoism, and sociobiology.