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. |
Съдържание:
- List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Evolution and Society: Setting the Scene; 2. Importing the New Morphology; 3. Reforming the Management of Medicine and Science: The Radical Perspective; 4. Nonconformist Anatomy in the Private Schools; 5. Accommodation and Domestication: Dealing with Geoffroy's Anatomy; 6. Science under Siege: Forging an Idealist Comparative Anatomy at the College of Surgeons; 7. Engaging the Lamarckians; 8. Embryology, Archetypes, and Idealism: New Directions in Comparative Anatomy; 9. Grasping the Nettle: Some Concluding Remarks.