{"product_id":"darwin-and-modern-science-essays-in-commemoration-of-the-centenary-of-the-birth-of-charles-darwin-and-of-the-fiftieth-anniversary-of-the-publication-of-the-origin-of-species-paperback-9781108004350","title":"Darwin and Modern Science; Essays in Commemoration of the Centenary of the Birth of Charles Darwin and of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Publication of The Origin of Species (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108004350","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDarwin and Modern Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays in Commemoration of the Centenary of the Birth of Charles Darwin and of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Publication of The Origin of Species\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA 1909 retrospective of Darwin's work and its profound impact by some of the most eminent scholars of the time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eA. C. Seward (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108004350, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e628 pages, 5 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 3.2 cm, 0.87 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Cambridge Philosophical Society collected this series of essays in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species. Aiming to be accessible to the 'educated layman', the eminent contributors reviewed the impact of Darwin's ideas in many spheres. They addressed contemporary (1909) attitudes, Darwin's theories and their far-reaching implications, and the progress of new lines of research that had emerged from them. The diversity of views among biologists regarding both the origin of species and the best directions for further research is clearly evident. In his work, Darwin had sought only the truth, writing 'Absolute accuracy is the hardest merit to attain, and the highest merit. Any deviation is ruin.' However dramatic the controversies he stirred, what shines from these essays is profound admiration for both Darwin's intellect and the quality of his character.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introductory letter to the editor Joseph Dalton Hooker\u003cbr\u003e 2. Darwin's predecessors J. Arthur Thomson\u003cbr\u003e 3. The selection theory August Weismann\u003cbr\u003e 4. Variation Hugo de Vries\u003cbr\u003e 5. Heredity and variation in modern lights W. Bateson\u003cbr\u003e 6. The minute structure of cells in relation to heredity Eduard Strasburger\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'The descent of man' G. Schwalbe\u003cbr\u003e 8. Charles Darwin as an anthropologist Ernst Haeckel\u003cbr\u003e 9. Some primitive theories of the origin of man J. G. Frazer\u003cbr\u003e 10. The influence of Darwin on the study of animal embryology A. Sedgwick\u003cbr\u003e 11. The palaeontological record, animals W. B. Scott\u003cbr\u003e 12. The palaeontological record, plants D. H. Scott\u003cbr\u003e 13. The influence of environment on the forms of plants Georg Klebs\u003cbr\u003e 14. Experimental study of the influence of environment on animals Jacques Loeb\u003cbr\u003e 15. The value of colour in the struggle for life E. B. Poulton\u003cbr\u003e 16. Geographical distribution of plants William Thiselton-Dyer\u003cbr\u003e 17. Geographical distribution of animals Hans Gadow\u003cbr\u003e 18. Darwin and geology J. W. Judd\u003cbr\u003e 19. Darwin's work on the movements of plants Francis Darwin\u003cbr\u003e 20. The biology of flowers K. Goebel\u003cbr\u003e 21. Mental factors in evolution C. Lloyd Morgan\u003cbr\u003e 22. The influence of the conception of evolution on modern philosophy H. Höffding\u003cbr\u003e 23. Darwinism and sociology C. Bouglé\u003cbr\u003e 24. The influence of Darwin upon religious thought P. N. Waggett\u003cbr\u003e 25. The influence of Darwin on the study of religions Jane Ellen Harrison\u003cbr\u003e 26. Evolution and the science of language P. Giles\u003cbr\u003e 27. Darwinism and history J. B. Bury\u003cbr\u003e 28. The genesis of double stars George Darwin\u003cbr\u003e 29. The evolution of matter W. C. D. 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