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Mystery of mysteries : is evolution a social construction?
- Title
- Mystery of mysteries : is evolution a social construction? / Michael Ruse.
- Author
- Ruse, Michael.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 296 p. : ill., ports.; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-275) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: science wars -- Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn: two theories of science -- Erasmus Darwin: from fish to philosopher -- Charles Darwin: On the origin of species -- Julian Huxley: religion without revelation -- Theodosius Dobzhansky: evolution comes of age -- Richard Dawkins: burying the watchmaker -- Stephen Jay Gould: speaking out for paleontology -- Richard Lewontin: adaptation and its discontents -- Edward O. Wilson: Southern Baptist meets Charles Darwin -- Geoffrey Parker: the professional's professional -- Jack Sepkoski: crunching the fossils -- Metaphors and metavalues: can evolution cut the mustard? -- Epilogue: terms of engagement.
- Call Number
- JFE 00-9615
- ISBN
- 067446706X (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 98041969
- OCLC
- 39887080
- Author
- Ruse, Michael.
- Title
- Mystery of mysteries : is evolution a social construction? / Michael Ruse.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-275) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 00-9615