The Cambridge companion to the "Origin of species"

Book 2009

"This Companion commemorates the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species and examines its main arguments. Drawing on the expertise of leading authorities in the field, it also provides the contexts - religious, social, political, literary, and philosophical - in which the Origin was composed. Written in a clear and friendly yet authoritative manner, this volume will be essential reading for both scholars and students. More b...

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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. On the origin of species

Evolution (Biology)

Natural selection

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ISBN:

9780521691291

Description:

xxvii, 395 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-371) and index

Contents:

The origin of the Origin / Michael Ruse
Darwin's analogy between artificial and natural selection in the origin of species / Mark A. Largent
Variation and inheritance / Robert Olby
Darwin's theory of natural selection and its moral purpose / Robert J. Richards
Originating species : Darwin on the species problem / Phillip R. Sloan
Darwin's keystone : the principle of divergence / David Kohn
Darwin's difficulties / A.J. Lustig
Darwin's geology and perspective on the fossil record / Sandra Herbert and David Norman
Geographical distribution in the Origin of species / Peter J. Bowler
Classification in Darwin's Origin / Richard A. Richards
Embryology and morphology / Lynn K. Nyhart
Darwin's botany in the Origin of species / Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis
The rhetoric of the Origin of species / David J. Depew
'Laws impressed on matter by the Creator'? : the Origin and the question of religion / John Hedley Brooke
'Lineal descendants' : the Origin's literary progeny / Gillian Beer
The Origin and political thought : from liberalism to Marxism / Naomi Beck
The Origin and philosophy / Tim Lewens
The Origin of species as a book / Michèle Kohler and Chris Kohler

LCCN:

2008000484

Control Number:

3045504

Other Authors:

Richards, Robert J. (Robert John), 1942-
Ruse, Michael

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