The politics of evolution : morphology, medicine, and reform in radical London /
Looking for the first time at the cut-price anatomy schools rather than genteel Oxbridge, Desmond winkles out pre-Darwinian evolutionary ideas in reform-minded and politically charged early nineteenth-century London. In the process, he reveals the underside of London intellectual and social life in...
| Основен автор: | Desmond, Adrian J., 1947- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1989.
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| Серия: |
Science and its conceptual foundations.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=361471 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Politics of evolution. |
| Резюме: |
Looking for the first time at the cut-price anatomy schools rather than genteel Oxbridge, Desmond winkles out pre-Darwinian evolutionary ideas in reform-minded and politically charged early nineteenth-century London. In the process, he reveals the underside of London intellectual and social life in the generation before Darwin as it has never been seen before." The Politics of Evolution is intellectual dynamite, and certainly one of the most important books in the history of science published during the past decade."--Jim Secord, Times Literary Supplement. "One of those rare boo. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 503 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-466) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226144535 0226144534 |