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Bowler traces ideas about progress using evolutionary biology to throw light on parallel changes in the understanding of social development.

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The story of life's splendid drama has intrigued the public and scientists since the publication of Darwin's ORIGIN OF SPECIES in 1859. Yet historians have continued to focus on theory more than actual science. Here historian Peter Bowler recovers the fascinating lost history of morphology and its relationships with paleontology and bio-geography. 35 photos. 20 line drawings.

The ideas and terminology of Darwinism are so pervasive these days that it seems impossible to avoid them, let alone imagine a world without them. In this title, the author asks: What if Charles Darwin had not returned from the voyage of the Beagle and thus did not write "On the Origin of Species"?

Die Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik ist in den letzten Jahrzehnten um wichtige neue Aspekte und Interpretationen bereichert worden. Diese Ergebnisse waren aber bis jetzt nur in Spezialistenkreisen bekannt und verbreitet. Mit dieser Reihe werden nun die vielen Einzelergebnisse zusammengefaßt und einem breiten Publikum präsentiert. International anerkannte Wissenschafts-Historiker schreiben über ihr Spezialgebiet, ohne nur die...

In this pioneering study of the first major challenges to Darwinism, Peter J. Bowler examines the competing theories of evolution, identifies their intellectual origins, and describes the process by which the modern concept of evolution emerged. Describing the variety of influences that drove scientists to challenge Darwin's conclusions, Bowler reevaluates the influence of social forces on the scientific community and explores the broad philos...

Concise and clearly written, "The Non-Darwinian Revolution" sets forth a convincing argument for a reappraisal of Darwin's importance not only for the history of science but for the history of ideas as well. Bowler finds no fault with Darwin's theory, only with the mistaken notion of its revolutionary effect on nineteenth-century thought. Examining the work of such figures as Owen, Spencer, Kelvin, Huxley, Haeckel, and Freud, Bowler discovers ...

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The development of science, according to respected scholars Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus, expands our knowledge and control of the world in ways that affect-but are also affected by-society and culture. In "Making Modern Science, " a text designed for introductory college courses in the history of science and as a single-volume introduction for the general reader, Bowler and Morus explore both the history of science itself and its influ...

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Combined biography and cultural history, extending to Darwin's influence upon the twentieth century.

Die Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik ist in den letzten Jahrzehnten um wichtige neue Aspekte und Interpretationen bereichert worden. Diese Ergebnisse waren aber bis jetzt nur in Spezialistenkreisen bekannt und verbreitet. Mit dieser Reihe werden nun die vielen Einzelergebnisse zusammengefaßt und einem breiten Publikum präsentiert. International anerkannte Wissenschafts-Historiker schreiben über ihr Spezialgebiet, ohne nur die...

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Bowler doesn't minimize the hostility of many of the faithful toward evolution, but he reveals the less well-known existence of a long tradition within the churches that sought to reconcile Christian beliefs with evolution by finding reflections of the divine in scientific explanations for the origin of life.

A guide to the latest thinking among historians of science dealing with developments in the life and earth sciences since 1800. It covers major theoretical innovations such as evolutionism, the emergence of new disciplines such as genetics and biochemistry, and the changing interactions of medical science and practice.

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Upon its publication, Darwin's The Origin of the Species excited much debate and controversy, and still evokes powerful and contradictory responses today. This study of the life of Darwin, first published in 1990, combines biography and cultural history to show how Darwin's contemporaries were unable to appreciate precisely those aspects of his thinking that are considered scientifically important today. 14 illustrations. 2 maps.

An accessible and comprehensive history of discoveries and outlooks that culminated in the modern discipline of environmental studies.