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Beschreibung
Published to commemorate the centennial of the publication of Darwin's "Origin of Species", this volume brings together several important essays on the history of the idea of evolution. Included are discussions of Maupertuis, Buffon, Diderot, Kant, Herder, Lamarck, and Schopenhauer by such leading scholars as Arthur O. Lovejoy, Bentley Glass, Owsei Temkin, C. C. Gillispie, Francis C. Haber, and Jane Oppenheimer.
Published to commemorate the centennial of the publication of Darwin's "Origin of Species", this volume brings together several important essays on the history of the idea of evolution. Included are discussions of Maupertuis, Buffon, Diderot, Kant, Herder, Lamarck, and Schopenhauer by such leading scholars as Arthur O. Lovejoy, Bentley Glass, Owsei Temkin, C. C. Gillispie, Francis C. Haber, and Jane Oppenheimer.
Über den Autor

Bentley Glass (1906-2005) was an American geneticist and professor at The Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of Progress or Catastrophe: The Nature of Biological Science and Its Impact on Human Society. Owsei Temkin, M.D. (1902-2002), was William H. Welch Professor of the History of Medicine and director of the Institute of the History of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University. His books include The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern Neurology, Soranus' Gynecology (translation), and Hippocrates in a World of Pagans and Christians. William L. Straus, Jr. (1900-1981), former professor at The Johns Hopkins University, was known his extensive research in the field of physical anthropology. Straus received the Viking Fund Award in 1952.

Details
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Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780801802225
ISBN-10: 0801802229
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bentley Glass
William L. Straus Jr.
Redaktion: Glass, Bentley
Temkin, Owsei
Straus, William L. Jr.
Hersteller: Johns Hopkins University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 29 mm
Von/Mit: Bentley Glass (u. a.)
Gewicht: 0,704 kg
Artikel-ID: 106791626