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Charles Darwin's incomplete revolution : the Origin of species and the static worldview
- Title
- Charles Darwin's incomplete revolution : the Origin of species and the static worldview / Richard G. Delisle.
- Author
- Delisle, Richard G.
- Publication
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- ix, 276 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Evolutionary biology - new perspectives on its development, 2524-7751
- Uniform Title
- Evolutionary biology (Springer (Firm))
- Subjects
- Evolution (Biology)
- Natural selection
- Evolution (Biology) > Philosophy
- History
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Evolutionismus
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 > Influence
- Evolution (Biology) > History
- Natural selection > History
- Revision
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 > On the origin of species
- On the origin of species (Darwin, Charles)
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 > On the origin of species by means of natural selection
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Darwin in the larger intellectual context -- Part I. Historical shallowness. 2. Evolution in a fully constituted world -- Part II. To travel in geographical space is to travel in geological time. 3. Imposing order upon complexity : divergence forward in time (Origin, chaps. 1-5, 8) ; 4. The wild power of natural selection : vertical evolution, analogies, and imaginary scenarios (Origin, chaps. 6-7) ; 5. An attempt at taming natural selection with convergence backward in time, Part I (Origin, chaps. 11 and 12) ; 6. An attempt at taming natural selection with convergence backward in time, Part II (Origin, chap. 13) -- Part III. Evolutionary dynamics. 7. Cyclicity, evolutionary equilibrium, and biological progress -- Part IV. A question of methods. 8. Methodologies for a world fully revealed ; 9. Conclusion: A restored unity in the Origin of species?
- Call Number
- JFE 20-2675
- ISBN
- 3030172023
- 9783030172022
- OCLC
- 1089858120
- Author
- Delisle, Richard G., author.
- Title
- Charles Darwin's incomplete revolution : the Origin of species and the static worldview / Richard G. Delisle.
- Publisher
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Evolutionary biology - new perspectives on its development, 2524-7751Evolutionary biology (Springer (Firm))
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE. NEW SERIES.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-2675