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Bill Jenkins - Evolution Before Darwin, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

Evolution Before Darwin

Theories of the Transmutation of Species in Edinburgh, 1804–1834

Av Bill Jenkins

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It was long believed that evolutionary theories received an almost universally cold reception in British natural history circles in the first half of the nineteenth century. However, a relatively recently serious doubt has been cast on this assumption. This book shows that Edinburgh in the late 1820s and early 1830s was witness to a ferment of radical new ideas on the natural world, including speculation on the origin and evolution of life, at just the time when Charles Darwin was a student in the city. Those who were students in Edinburgh at the time could have hardly avoided coming into contact with these new ideas. This book is the first major study of what was probably the most important centre or pre-Darwinian evolutionary thought in the British Isles. It sheds new light on the genesis and development of one of the most important scientific theories in the history of western thought.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2019-10-20
  • Mått: 156 x 234 x 17 mm
  • Vikt: 504 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 232
  • Förlag: Edinburgh University Press
  • ISBN: 9781474445788
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Dr Bill Jenkins is a lecturer in the School of History at the University of St Andrews, working on a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust entitled ‘After the Enlightenment: Scottish Intellectual Life, c.1790-c.1843’. Jenkins received his PhD at the University of Edinburgh has published several papers in key journals, including the Journal of the History of Biology, Journal of Scottish Historical Studies and British Journal for the History of Science. He is the author of Evolution Before Darwin: Theories of the Transmutation of Species in Edinburgh, 1804–1834 (EUP, 2019).

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Bill Jenkins masterfully explores a brilliant era for science in Scotland [...] Jenkins's excellent book significantly helps us to better understand Darwin, while still being a tribute to the brilliant Scottish civic and scientific culture of the early 19th century, to the characters who forged it, and to the open-minded institutions that made it possible.

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