Pioneers of evolution [electronic resource] : from Thales to Huxley : with an intermediate chapter on the causes of arrest of the movement / by Edward Clodd.

Author
Clodd, Edward, 1840-1930 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Rev. ed.
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Cassell, 1907.
Description
1 online resource (x, [2], 252 p., [1] leaf of plates) : ports.

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Subject(s)
Series
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925. [More in this series]
Notes
  • Includes index.
  • Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.
Contents
  • pt. I. Pioneers of evolution from Thales to Lucretius, B.C. 600-A.D. 50
  • pt. II. The arrest of enquiry, A.D. 50-A.D. 1600: 1. From the early Christian Period to the time of Augustine, A.D. 50-A.D. 400. 2. From Augustine to Bacon, A.D. 400-A.D. 1600
  • pt. III. The renascence of science, about A.D. 1600 onwards
  • pt. IV. Modern evolution. 1. Darwin and Wallace. 2. Herbert Spencer. 3. Thomas Henry Huxley.
OCLC
4712405
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