Author: James A. Secord
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226744116
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
This is where our own public controversies about evolution began.".
Victorian Sensation
Author: James A. Secord
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226744116
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
This is where our own public controversies about evolution began.".
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226744116
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
This is where our own public controversies about evolution began.".
Vestige of the Natural History of Creation
Author: Robert Chambers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Explanations
Author: Robert Chambers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Creation
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Creation
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation."
Author: Samuel Laing
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
Author: Robert Chambers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation and Other Evolutionary Writings
Author: Robert Chambers
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226100739
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
Originally published anonymously in 1844, Vestiges proved to be as controversial as its author expected. Integrating research in the burgeoning sciences of anthropology, geology, astronomy, biology, economics, and chemistry, it was the first attempt to connect the natural sciences to a history of creation. The author, whose identity was not revealed until 1884, was Robert Chambers, a leading Scottish writer and publisher. Vestiges reached a huge popular audience and was widely read by the social and intellectual elite. It sparked debate about natural law, setting the stage for the controversy over Darwin's Origin. In response to the surrounding debate and criticism, Chambers published Explanations: A Sequel, in which he offered a reasoned defense of his ideas about natural law, castigating what he saw as the narrowness of specialist science. With a new introduction by James Secord, a bibliography of reviews, and a new index, this volume adds to Vestiges and Explanations Chambers's earliest works on cosmology, an essay on Darwin, and an autobiographical essay, raising important issues about the changing meanings of popular science and religion and the rise of secular ideologies in Western culture.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226100739
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
Originally published anonymously in 1844, Vestiges proved to be as controversial as its author expected. Integrating research in the burgeoning sciences of anthropology, geology, astronomy, biology, economics, and chemistry, it was the first attempt to connect the natural sciences to a history of creation. The author, whose identity was not revealed until 1884, was Robert Chambers, a leading Scottish writer and publisher. Vestiges reached a huge popular audience and was widely read by the social and intellectual elite. It sparked debate about natural law, setting the stage for the controversy over Darwin's Origin. In response to the surrounding debate and criticism, Chambers published Explanations: A Sequel, in which he offered a reasoned defense of his ideas about natural law, castigating what he saw as the narrowness of specialist science. With a new introduction by James Secord, a bibliography of reviews, and a new index, this volume adds to Vestiges and Explanations Chambers's earliest works on cosmology, an essay on Darwin, and an autobiographical essay, raising important issues about the changing meanings of popular science and religion and the rise of secular ideologies in Western culture.
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
Author: Robert Chambers
Publisher: Blurb
ISBN: 9780368275180
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
This edition of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Robert Chambers is given by Ashed Phoenix - Million Book Edition
Publisher: Blurb
ISBN: 9780368275180
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
This edition of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Robert Chambers is given by Ashed Phoenix - Million Book Edition
An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation"
Author: S. Laing
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
The author of this book, Samuel Laing, was a British railway administrator, politician, and writer on science and religion during the Victorian era. Although he didn't have any scientific education, he often wrote on science matters. His writings were widely read in his times due to the writer's influential position, the experience of affairs, and clear style. The author also displayed a well-informed treatment of the scientific problems of the day.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
The author of this book, Samuel Laing, was a British railway administrator, politician, and writer on science and religion during the Victorian era. Although he didn't have any scientific education, he often wrote on science matters. His writings were widely read in his times due to the writer's influential position, the experience of affairs, and clear style. The author also displayed a well-informed treatment of the scientific problems of the day.
Evolutionary Writings
Author: Charles Darwin
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191614769
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
'Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin' On topics ranging from intelligent design and climate change to the politics of gender and race, the evolutionary writings of Charles Darwin occupy a pivotal position in contemporary public debate. This volume brings together the key chapters of his most important and accessible books, including the Journal of Researches on the Beagle voyage (1845), the Origin of Species (1871), and the Descent of Man, along with the full text of his delightful autobiography. They are accompanied by generous selections of responses from Darwin's nineteenth-century readers from across the world. More than anything, they give a keen sense of the controversial nature of Darwin's ideas, and his position within Victorian debates about man's place in nature. The wide-ranging introduction by James A. Secord, Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project, explores the global impact and origins of Darwin's work and the reasons for its unparalleled significance today. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191614769
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
'Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin' On topics ranging from intelligent design and climate change to the politics of gender and race, the evolutionary writings of Charles Darwin occupy a pivotal position in contemporary public debate. This volume brings together the key chapters of his most important and accessible books, including the Journal of Researches on the Beagle voyage (1845), the Origin of Species (1871), and the Descent of Man, along with the full text of his delightful autobiography. They are accompanied by generous selections of responses from Darwin's nineteenth-century readers from across the world. More than anything, they give a keen sense of the controversial nature of Darwin's ideas, and his position within Victorian debates about man's place in nature. The wide-ranging introduction by James A. Secord, Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project, explores the global impact and origins of Darwin's work and the reasons for its unparalleled significance today. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.