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.
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, University press, 1909. |
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| Description: | xvii, 595 p. illus., 2 pl. (1 col.) 2 port. (incl. front) 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2216019 |
Table of Contents:
- Introductory letter to the editor from Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Darwin's predecessors, by J. Arthur Thomson
- The selection theory, by A. Weismann
- Variation, by Hugo de Vries
- Heredity and variation in modern lights, by W. Bateson
- The minute structure of cells in relation to heredity, by E. Strasburger
- "The descent of man," by G. Schwalbe
- Charles Darwin as an anthropologist, by E. Haeckel
- Some primitive theories of the origin of man, by J.G. Frazer
- The influence of Darwin on the study of animal embryology, by A. Sedgwick
- The palaeontological record. I. Animals, by W.B. Scott
- The palaeontological record. II. Plants, by D.H. Scott
- The influence of environment on the forms of plants, by G. Klebs
- Experimental study of the influence of environment on animals, by J. Loeb
- The value of colour in the struggle for life, by E.B. Poulton
- Geographical distribution of plants, by Sir W. Thiselton-Dyer
- Geographical distribution of animals, by H. Gadow
- Darwin and geology, by J.W. Judd
- Darwin's work on the movements of plants, by F. Darwin
- The biology of flowers, by K. Goebel
- Mental factors in evolution, by C.L. Morgan
- The influence of the conception of evolution on modern philosophy, by H. Höffding
- Darwinism and sociology, by C. Bouglé
- The influence of Darwin upon religious thought, by P.N. Waggett
- The influence of Darwinism on the study of religions, by J.E. Harrison
- Evolution and the science of language, by P. Giles
- Darwinism and history, by J.B. Bury
- The genesis of double stars, by G. Darwin
- The evolution of matter, by W.C.D. Whetham.
