The Politics of Evolution: Morphology, Medicine, and Reform in Radical London - Couverture souple

Desmond, Adrian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0226143740 ISBN 13 : 9780226143743

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1992

Synopsis

The Politics of Evolution Looking for the first time at the cut-price anatomy schools rather than genteel Oxbridge, Desmond winkles out pre- Darwinian evolutionary ideas in reform-minded and politically charged early nineteenth-century London. In the process, he reveals the underside of London intellectual and social life in the generation before Darwin as it has never been seen before." "The Politics of Evolution" is inte... Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Looking for the first time at the cut-price anatomy schools rather than genteel Oxbridge, Desmond winkles out pre-Darwinian evolutionary ideas in reform-minded and politically charged early nineteenth-century London. In the process, he reveals the underside of London intellectual and social life in the generation before Darwin as it has never been seen before.

"The Politics of Evolution is intellectual dynamite, and certainly one of the most important books in the history of science published during the past decade."—Jim Secord, Times Literary Supplement

"One of those rare books that not only stakes out new territory but demands a radical overhaul of conventional wisdom."—John Hedley Brooke, Times Higher Education Supplement

Biographie de l'auteur :

Adrian Desmond is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Biology at University College, London, and is the coauthor (with James Moore) of Darwin.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0226143740
• ISBN 13: 9780226143743
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 514