Title: The Cambridge encyclopedia of Darwin and evolutionary thought /
Authors: Ruse, Michael
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Darwin, Charles.; Darwin, Charles, Encyclopedias.; Biological Evolution; Evolution (Biology) Encyclopedias.; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Abstract: "This volume is a comprehensive reference work on the life, labors and influence of the great evolutionist Charles Darwin. With more than sixty essays written by an international group representing the leading scholars in the field, this is the definitive work on Darwin. It covers the background to Darwin's discovery of the theory of evolution through natural selection, the work he produced and his contemporaries' reactions to it, and evaluates his influence on science in the 150 years since the publication of Origin of Species. It also explores the implications of Darwin's discoveries in religion, politics, gender, literature, culture, philosophy and medicine, critically evaluating Darwin's legacy. Fully illustrated and clearly written, it is suitable for scholars and students as well as the general reader. The wealth of information it provides about the history of evolutionary thought makes it a crucial resource for understanding the controversies that surround evolution today"--
Contents: Machine generated contents note: Preface; Introduction; 1. Ancient Greece Jeremy Kirby; 2. Evolution before Darwin Michael Ruse; 3. Darwin, geology David Norman; 4. Paleontology, evidence Paul Brinkman; 5. Darwin, the route to discovery Jon Hodge; 6. Darwin and taxonomy Mary P. Winsor; 7. Darwin and the barnacles Marsha Richmond; 8. Artificial selection and natural selection Bert Theunissen; 9. The Origin of Species Michael Ruse; 10. Sexual selection Richard Richards; 11. Darwin and species James Mallet; 12. Darwin and heredity Robert Olby; 13. Time Keith Bennett; 14. Darwin and flowers Rich Bellon; 15. Early mimicry and adaptation William Kimler and Michael Ruse; 16. Chance John Beatty; 17. Teleology Jim Lennox; 18. Six editions of origin Thierry Hoquet; 19. Alf Wallace John van Wyhe; 20. Darwin and humans Greg Radick; 21. Language Stephen G. Alter; 22. Darwin and morality Eric Charmetant; 23. Social Darwinism Naomi Beck; 24.^