Pioneers of evolution from Thales to Huxley.
Subtitle: With an intermediate chapter on the causes of arrest of the movement.
By: By Edward Clodd ...
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company
Published: 1897
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903; Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895; Evolution -- History; Philosophy -- History
Table of contents: title: pt. I. Pioneers of evolution from Thales to Lucretius, B.C. 600-A.D. 50.; title: pt. II. The arrest of inquiry, 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 Lord Bacon, A.D. 400-A.D. 1600.; title: pt. 3. The renascence of science, A.D. 1600 onward.; title: pt. IV. Modern evolution: 1. Darwin and Wallace. 2. Herbert Spencer. 3. Thomas Henry Huxley.