Overview :In this new edition of the top-selling coursebook, seasoned historians Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus expand on their authoritative sur... Read More
Overview :The ideas and terminology of Darwinism are so pervasive these days that it seems impossible to avoid them, let alone imagine a world without... Read More
Overview :The development of science, according to respected scholars Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus, expands our knowledge and control of the wo... Read More
Overview :Progress Unchained reinterprets the history of the idea of progress using parallels between evolutionary biology and changing views of human... Read More
Overview :Timely and cogent in its aims and arguments, it should prompt debate and discussion leading to fresh critical and historiographical insights... Read More
Overview :Upon publication, Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species excited much debate and controversy, challenging the foundations of Christianity, n... Read More
Overview :Although much has been written about the vigorous debates over science and religion in the Victorian era, little attention has been paid to ... Read More
Overview :The story of life's splendid drama has captivated generations of the general public, just as it has intrigued biologists, especially those w... Read More
Overview :This authoritative volume chronicles humanity's long quest to understand its own origins. Peter J. Bowler brilliantly synthesizes discoverie... Read More
Overview :This book in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of the life and earth sciences since 1800. I... Read More
Overview :In this pioneering study of the first major challenges to Darwinism, Bowler examines the completing theories of evolution, identifies their ... Read More
Overview :From the beginning, Darwin's dangerous idea has been a snake in the garden, denounced from pulpits then and now as incompatible with the cen... Read More
Overview :Since its original publication in 1989, Evolution: The History of an Idea has been recognized as a comprehensive and authoritative source on... Read More
Overview :In this wide-ranging survey, Peter J. Bowler explores the phenomenon of futurology: predictions about the future development and impact of s... Read More