| Description |
318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
A history of science text imagining how evolutionary theory and biology would have been understood if Darwin had never published his "Origin of Species" and other works.--publisher summary. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-312) and index. |
| Contents |
History, science, and counterfactuals -- Darwin's originality -- Supernaturalism runs out of steam -- The emergence of evolutionism -- A world with a purpose -- Whence natural selection? -- Evolution and religion : a conflict avoided? -- Social evolutionism. |
| Subject |
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
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Evolution (Biology) -- History.
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Imaginary histories.
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Biological Evolution. |
| ISBN |
9780226068671 (cloth : alkaline paper) : $30.0 |
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0226068676 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
40022115025 |
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