人類の先祖は類人猿だったとするチャールズ・ダーウィン(1809-82年)の進化論は、1859年に『種の起源』が出版されるやいなや、科学界の内外で大騒動になりました。ダーウィンの主な学識とその根拠を分析しながら、現代生物学の発展におけるその業績の重要性に、改めて光をあてます。(cf. Evolution, #100; On the Origin of Species (Oxford World's Classics))
Darwin's theory that our ancestors were apes caused a furore in the scientific world and outside it when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Arguments still rage about the implications of his evolutionary theory, and scepticism about the value of Darwin's contribution to knowledge is widespread. In this analysis of Darwin's major insights and arguments, Jonathan Howard reasserts the importance of Darwin's work for the development of modern biology.
List of Illustrations
1: Darwin's life
2: The foundations of Darwinism
3: Natural selection and the origin of species
4: The evidence for evolution by natural selection
5: Sex, variation, and heredity
6: Man
7: Perfection and progress
8: Darwinism and ideology
9: Darwin as a scientist: an evaluation
Further Reading
Index
Jonathan Howard has produced an intellectual tour de force, a classic in the genre of popular scientific exposition which will still be read in fifty years' time. - Times Literary Supplement
ISBN : 9780192854544
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