Monad to Man

The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology

Michael Ruse

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ISBN 9780674032484

Publication Date: 03/31/2009

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648 pages

6-3/8 x 9-1/4 inches

57 halftones, 41 line illustrations, 1 table

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Progress and Culture
2. The Birth of Evolutionism
3. The Nineteenth Century: From Cuvier to Owen
4. Charles Darwin and Progress
5. Evolution as World View
6. The Professional Biologist
7. Evolution Travels West
8. British Evolutionists and Mendelian Genetics
9. Discipline Building in Britain
10. The Genetics of Populations
11. The Synthesis
12. Professional Evolutionism
13. Contemporary Debates
14. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Credits
Index

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