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34 produkter
Making Modern Science, Second Edition
Av Peter J Bowler, Iwan Rhys Morus
Häftad, 2020
417 kr
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In this new edition of the top-selling coursebook, seasoned historians Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus expand on their authoritative survey of how the development of science has shaped our world.Exploring both the history of science and its influence on modern thought, the authors chronicle the …
The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 6, The Modern Biological and Earth Sciences
Av Peter J. Bowler, John V. Pickstone
Inbunden, 2009
3029 kr
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This book in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of the life and earth sciences since 1800. It provides comprehensive and authoritative surveys of historical thinking on major developments in these areas of science, on the social and cultural milieus …
Reconciling Science and Religion
The Debate in Early-Twentieth-Century Britain
E-bok, 2010
1149 kr
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Although much has been written about the vigorous debates over science and religion in the Victorian era, little attention has been paid to their continuing importance in early twentieth-century Britain. Reconciling Science and Religion provides a comprehensive survey of the interplay between …
Science for All
The Popularization of Science in Early Twentieth-Century Britain
E-bok, 2009
1210 kr
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Recent scholarship has revealed that pioneering Victorian scientists endeavored through voluminous writing to raise public interest in science and its implications. But it has generally been assumed that once science became a profession around the turn of the century, this new generation of …
Darwin Deleted
Imagining a World without Darwin
Inbunden, 2013
279 kr
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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. But in this remarkable rethinking of scientific history, Peter J. Bowler does just that. He asks: What if Charles Darwin had not returned from the …
Life's Splendid Drama
Evolutionary Biology and the Reconstruction of Life's Ancestry, 1860-1940
Häftad, 1998
347 kr
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The story of life's splendid drama has captivated generations of the general public, just as it has intrigued biologists, especially those who began to try to solve evolutionary puzzles in the years immediately after the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species in 1859. Yet histories of the …
Evolution
The History of an Idea, 25th Anniversary Edition, With a New Preface
Häftad, 2009
392 kr
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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 …
Evolution
The History of an Idea, 25th Anniversary Edition, With a New Preface
E-bok, 2009
509 kr
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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 …
Charles Darwin
The Man and his Influence
Av Peter J. Bowler, Sally Gregory Kohlstedt m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
1503 kr
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Darwin's enormous influence on science and culture, begun during his lifetime, is still very evident today. The Origin of Species excited much debate and controversy, challenging the foundations of Christianity, yet underpinning the Victorian concept of progress, and today still evokes powerful and …
Charles Darwin
The Man and his Influence
Av Peter J. Bowler, Sally Gregory Kohlstedt m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
448 kr
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Darwin's enormous influence on science and culture, begun during his lifetime, is still very evident today. The Origin of Species excited much debate and controversy, challenging the foundations of Christianity, yet underpinning the Victorian concept of progress, and today still evokes powerful and …
Monkey Trials and Gorilla Sermons
Evolution and Christianity from Darwin to Intelligent Design
Häftad, 2009
314 kr
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From the beginning, Darwin’s dangerous idea has been a snake in the garden, denounced from pulpits then and now as incompatible with the central tenets of Christian faith. Recovered here is the less well-known but equally long history of thoughtful engagement and compromise on the part of liberal …
Non-Darwinian Revolution
Reinterpreting a Historical Myth
Häftad, 1992
406 kr
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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 …
Eclipse of Darwinism
Anti-Darwinian Evolution Theories in the Decades around 1900
Häftad, 1992
406 kr
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In this pioneering study of the first major challenges to Darwinism, Bowler examines the completing theories of evolution, identifies their intellectual origins, and describes the process by which the modern concept of evolution emerged.
Evolution for the People
Shaping Popular Ideas from Darwin to the Present
E-bok, 2024
424 kr
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Evolution for the People
Shaping Popular Ideas from Darwin to the Present
Inbunden, 2024
1318 kr
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From Darwin's The Origin of Species to the twenty-first century, Peter Bowler reinterprets the long Darwinian Revolution by refocussing our attention on the British and American public. By applying recent historical interest in popular science to evolutionary ideas, he investigates how writers and …
Evolution for the People
Shaping Popular Ideas from Darwin to the Present
E-bok, 2024
424 kr
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Evolution for the People
Shaping Popular Ideas from Darwin to the Present
Häftad, 2024
429 kr
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From Darwin's The Origin of Species to the twenty-first century, Peter Bowler reinterprets the long Darwinian Revolution by refocussing our attention on the British and American public. By applying recent historical interest in popular science to evolutionary ideas, he investigates how writers and …
A History of the Future
Prophets of Progress from H. G. Wells to Isaac Asimov
Inbunden, 2017
1322 kr
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In this wide-ranging survey, Peter J. Bowler explores the phenomenon of futurology: predictions about the future development and impact of science and technology on society and culture in the twentieth century. Utilising science fiction, popular science literature and the novels of the literary …
History of the Future
Prophets of Progress from H. G. Wells to Isaac Asimov
E-bok, 2017
375 kr
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In this wide-ranging survey, Peter J. Bowler explores the phenomenon of futurology: predictions about the future development and impact of science and technology on society and culture in the twentieth century. Utilising science fiction, popular science literature and the novels of the literary …
History of the Future
Prophets of Progress from H. G. Wells to Isaac Asimov
E-bok, 2017
375 kr
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In this wide-ranging survey, Peter J. Bowler explores the phenomenon of futurology: predictions about the future development and impact of science and technology on society and culture in the twentieth century. Utilising science fiction, popular science literature and the novels of the literary …
Progress Unchained
Ideas of Evolution, Human History and the Future
Inbunden, 2021
510 kr
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Progress Unchained reinterprets the history of the idea of progress using parallels between evolutionary biology and changing views of human history. Early concepts of progress in both areas saw it as the ascent of a linear scale of development toward a final goal. The 'chain of being' defined a …
Progress Unchained
Ideas of Evolution, Human History and the Future
E-bok, 2021
620 kr
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Progress Unchained reinterprets the history of the idea of progress using parallels between evolutionary biology and changing views of human history. Early concepts of progress in both areas saw it as the ascent of a linear scale of development toward a final goal. The ''chain of being'' defined a …
Progress Unchained
Ideas of Evolution, Human History and the Future
E-bok, 2021
620 kr
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Progress Unchained reinterprets the history of the idea of progress using parallels between evolutionary biology and changing views of human history. Early concepts of progress in both areas saw it as the ascent of a linear scale of development toward a final goal. The ''chain of being'' defined a …
A History of the Future
Prophets of Progress from H. G. Wells to Isaac Asimov
Häftad, 2017
390 kr
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In this wide-ranging survey, Peter J. Bowler explores the phenomenon of futurology: predictions about the future development and impact of science and technology on society and culture in the twentieth century. Utilising science fiction, popular science literature and the novels of the literary …
Mendelian Revolution
The Emergence of Hereditarian Concepts in Modern Science and Society
E-bok, 2000
2247 kr
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An introduction to the history of genetics and the rethinking of evolutionism.
Mendelian Revolution
The Emergence of Hereditarian Concepts in Modern Science and Society
Inbunden, 2015
2043 kr
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An introduction to the history of genetics and the rethinking of evolutionism.
Mendelian Revolution
The Emergence of Hereditarian Concepts in Modern Science and Society
E-bok, 2015
1962 kr
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An introduction to the history of genetics and the rethinking of evolutionism.
Viewegs Geschichte der Umweltwissenschaften
Ein Bild der Naturgeschichte unserer Erde
Häftad, 2012
819 kr
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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 …
Viewegs Geschichte der Umweltwissenschaften
Ein Bild der Naturgeschichte unserer Erde
E-bok, 2013
370 kr
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