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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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viii, 296 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-275) and index.

Contents

Prologue: Science Wars -- 1. Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn: Two Theories of Science -- 2. Erasmus Darwin: From Fish to Philosopher -- 3. Charles Darwin: On the Origin of Species -- 4. Julian Huxley: Religion without Revelation -- 5. Theodosius Dobzhansky: Evolution Comes of Age -- 6. Richard Dawkins: Burying the Watchmaker -- 7. Stephen Jay Gould: Speaking Out for Paleontology -- 8. Richard Lewontin: Adaptation and Its Discontents -- 9. Edward O. Wilson: Southern Baptist Meets Charles Darwin -- 10. Geoffrey Parker: The Professional's Professional -- 11. Jack Sepkoski: Crunching the Fossils -- 12. Metaphors and Metavalues: Can Evolution Cut the Mustard? -- Epilogue: Terms of Engagement.

ISBN

067446706X (alk. paper)

LCCN

98041969

OCLC

ocm39887080

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Columbia University Libraries