The tragic sense of life : Ernst Haeckel and the struggle over evolutionary thought / Robert J. Richards. [print]

By:

Richards, Robert J. (Robert John), 1942- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780226712161
9780226712147

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LOC classification:

QH31.R517.T734 2009

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Contents:

Formation of a romantic biologist -- Research in Italy and conversion to Darwinism -- Triumph and tragedy at Jena -- Evolutionary morphology in the Darwinian mode -- Travel to England and the Canary Islands : experimental justification of evolution -- The popular presentation of evolution -- The rage of the critics -- The religious response to evolutionism : ants, embryos, and Jesuits -- Love in a time of war -- Conclusion : the tragic sense of Ernst Haeckel.

Summary: Prior to World War I, more people learned of evolutionary theory from the works of Ernst Haeckel than through any other source. Haeckel gave currency to the idea of the 'missing link' between apes and man and formulated the concept of ecology. While his legacy has been controversial, this study stresses his importance.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	QH31.R517.T734 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001736160

Originally published: 2008.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- Formation of a romantic biologist -- Research in Italy and conversion to Darwinism -- Triumph and tragedy at Jena -- Evolutionary morphology in the Darwinian mode -- Travel to England and the Canary Islands : experimental justification of evolution -- The popular presentation of evolution -- The rage of the critics -- The religious response to evolutionism : ants, embryos, and Jesuits -- Love in a time of war -- Conclusion : the tragic sense of Ernst Haeckel.

Prior to World War I, more people learned of evolutionary theory from the works of Ernst Haeckel than through any other source. Haeckel gave currency to the idea of the 'missing link' between apes and man and formulated the concept of ecology. While his legacy has been controversial, this study stresses his importance.

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