In Darwin S Shadow

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In Darwin S Shadow

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Author : Michael Shermer
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2002-08-15

In Darwin S Shadow written by Michael Shermer and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Virtually unknown today, Alfred Russel Wallace was the co-discoverer of natural selection with Charles Darwin and an eminent scientist who stood out among his Victorian peers as a man of formidable mind and equally outsized personality. Now Michael Shermer rescues Wallace from the shadow of Darwin in this landmark biography. Here we see Wallace as perhaps the greatest naturalist of his age--spending years in remote jungles, collecting astounding quantities of specimens, writing thoughtfully and with bemused detachment at his reception in places where no white man had ever gone. Here, too, is his supple and forceful intelligence at work, grappling with such arcane problems as the bright coloration of caterpillars, or shaping his 1858 paper on natural selection that prompted Darwin to publish (with Wallace) the first paper outlining the theory of evolution. Shermer also shows that Wallace's self-trained intellect, while powerful, also embraced surprisingly naive ideas, such as his deep interest in the study of spiritual manifestations and seances. Shermer shows that the same iconoclastic outlook that led him to overturn scientific orthodoxy as he worked in relative isolation also led him to embrace irrational beliefs, and thus tarnish his reputation. As author of Why People Believe Weird Things and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, Shermer is an authority on why people embrace the irrational. Now he turns his keen judgment and incisive analysis to Wallace's life and his contradictory beliefs, restoring a leading figure in the rise of modern science to his rightful place.

Wallace Darwin And The Origin Of Species

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Author : James T. Costa
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2014-06-16

Wallace Darwin And The Origin Of Species written by James T. Costa and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-16 with Science categories.

Darwin is credited with discovering evolution through natural selection, but Alfred Russel Wallace saw the same process at work in nature and elaborated the same theory. Dispelling misperceptions of Wallace as a secondary figure, James Costa reveals the two naturalists as equals in advancing one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time.

Darwin And His Children

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Author : Tim M. Berra
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2013-09-26

Darwin And His Children written by Tim M. Berra and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

While much has been written about the life and work of Charles Darwin, the lives of his wife and ten children remain largely unexamined. How did Darwin reconcile his own metaphysical views with those of his wife Emma Wedgwood, his first cousin and a devout Unitarian? Did his consanguineous marriage contribute to three of his children's young deaths, and how did these deaths affect both Darwin and his wife? And how did Darwin's death affect his surviving family? Most accounts of Charles Darwin's life end with his death, but Tim Berra's Darwin and His Children: His Other Legacy moves past this moment in time, examining the distinct lives of Charles Darwin's wife and children, both in relation to him and as their own characters living, and dying, separately in the wake of their father's success. The book will feature a synopsis of the development of Darwin's beliefs, work, and marriage, and then discuss the role these played in each of his children's lives, in a separate chapter for each child. Three died soon after their births, while others grew up to be bankers, writers, scientists, or members of parliament. Darwin and His Children: His Other Legacy covers each child in turn, providing a new and more personal perspective on the life and legacy of Charles Darwin.

Darwin And The Making Of Sexual Selection

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Author : Evelleen Richards
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2017-04-27

Darwin And The Making Of Sexual Selection written by Evelleen Richards and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-27 with History categories.

Darwin’s concept of natural selection has been exhaustively studied, but his secondary evolutionary principle of sexual selection remains largely unexplored and misunderstood. Yet sexual selection was of great strategic importance to Darwin because it explained things that natural selection could not and offered a naturalistic, as opposed to divine, account of beauty and its perception. Only now, with Darwin and the Making of Sexual Selection, do we have a comprehensive and meticulously researched account of Darwin’s path to its formulation—one that shows the man, rather than the myth, and examines both the social and intellectual roots of Darwin’s theory. Drawing on the minutiae of his unpublished notes, annotations in his personal library, and his extensive correspondence, Evelleen Richards offers a richly detailed, multilayered history. Her fine-grained analysis comprehends the extraordinarily wide range of Darwin’s sources and disentangles the complexity of theory, practice, and analogy that went into the making of sexual selection. Richards deftly explores the narrative strands of this history and vividly brings to life the chief characters involved. A true milestone in the history of science, Darwin and the Making of Sexual Selection illuminates the social and cultural contingencies of the shaping of an important—if controversial—biological concept that is back in play in current evolutionary theory.

Economics In The Shadows Of Darwin And Marx

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Author : Geoffrey Martin Hodgson
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2006

Economics In The Shadows Of Darwin And Marx written by Geoffrey Martin Hodgson and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Business & Economics categories.

Darwin and Marx stand out as the supreme theorists of structural change in complex living systems. This collection of essays establishes the importance of Darwinism for economics and other social sciences, and compares the Darwinian legacy with that of Marx. It adopts a Darwinian evolutionary approach to the analysis of institutions and routines.

Truths Versus Shadows Or The Real And The False

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Author : F. R. Waring
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871

Truths Versus Shadows Or The Real And The False written by F. R. Waring and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1871 with Psychology categories.

Sights And Shadows

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Author : Frederick George Lee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894

Sights And Shadows written by Frederick George Lee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Ghosts categories.

Jackanapes Daddy Darwin S Dovecot The Story Of A Short Life

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Author : Juliana Horatia Ewing
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896

Jackanapes Daddy Darwin S Dovecot The Story Of A Short Life written by Juliana Horatia Ewing and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Children's stories, English categories.

Darwin And The Mysterious Mr X

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Author : Loren C. Eiseley
language : en
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Release Date : 1979

Darwin And The Mysterious Mr X written by Loren C. Eiseley and has been published by Dutton Adult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Lights And Shadows Of Melbourne Life

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Author : John Freeman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888

Lights And Shadows Of Melbourne Life written by John Freeman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with Melbourne (Vic.) categories.