The meaning of evolution : the morphological construction and ideological reconstruction of Darwin's theory /
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Author / Creator: | Richards, Robert J. (Robert John), 1942- |
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Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1992. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 205 pages) : illustrations |
Language: | English |
Series: | Science and its conceptual foundations Science and its conceptual foundations. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11206073 |
Table of Contents:
- The Meaning of Evolution: The Morphological Construction and Ideological Reconstruction of Darwin's Theory; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 The Natural History of Ideas; 2 Evolution vs. Epigenesis in Embyogenesis; 3 The Theory of Evolutionary Recapitulation in the Context of Transcendental Morphology; 4 Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Species Change; 5 Darwin's Embryological Theory of Progressive Evolution; 6 The Meaning of Evolution and the Ideological Uses of History; Bibliography; Index.