The Eclipse of Darwinism: Anti-Darwinian Evolution Theories in the Decades around 1900

by Peter J. Bowler

Overview

In this pioneering study of the first major challenges to Darwinism, Peter J. Bowler examins the competing theories of evolution, identifies their intellectual origins, and describes the process by which the modern concept of evolution emerged. Describing the variety of influences that drove scientists to challenge Darwin's conclusions, Bowler reevaluates the influence of social forces on the scientific community and explors the borad philosophical, ideological, and social implications of scientific theories.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801843914
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	02/01/1992
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Peter J. Bowler is reader in the history of philosophy of sceince at the Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland. His other books include The Eclipse of Darwinism: Anti-Darwinian Evolution Theories in the Decades around 1900, The Mendelian Revolution, and Theories of Human Evolution.

Table of Contents

Preface
Preface to the Original Edition
Ackowledgments
Chapter 1. The Eclipse and Its Implications
Chapter 2. The Defense of Darwinism
Chapter 3. The Decline of Theistic Evolutionism
Chapter 4. Lamarckism
Chapter 5. Anti-Darwinism in France
Chapter 6. The American School
Chapter 7. Orthogenesis
Chapter 8. The Mutation Theory
Notes
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index

Editorial Reviews

Establishes the context and the necessity for reconciliation between Darwinism and the other biological subdisciplines that occurred in the years following the 1920s.
—American Scientist

From the Publisher

Establishes the context and the necessity for reconciliation between Darwinism and the other biological subdisciplines that occurred in the years following the 1920s.

American Scientist