| Description |
205 pages ; 28 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
16. An Australian takes up the baton -- 17. Meta-Lamarckism -- 18. Burned at the stake -- 19. Walking into a trap -- 20. The media war -- 21. The prodigal son -- 22. Lamarck's signature -- 23. The killer punch -- 24. Going into battle -- 25. The music finds the composer -- 26. An evolution revolution |
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Introduction -- 1. An idea takes flight -- 2. A new museum -- 3. Facing his adversaries -- 4. The professor of zoology -- 5. The Cuvier challenge -- 6. Lamarck's theory of evolution -- 7. 'Find the link' -- 8. The legacy of Lamarck -- 9. Darwin the budding naturalist -- 10. On the origin of species -- 11. The Weismann barrier -- 12. Weismann's Holy Grail -- 13. Krammerer and his amphibians -- 14. Stalin's favourite scientist -- 15. Lysenko's fall from grace |
| Summary |
"Before Charles Darwin, Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck created the first theory of evolution, an idea so powerful it promised to become the great unifying force of science. But for two hundred years his grand idea polarised the scientific world; until on the eve of his bicentenary, science finally caught up and proved him right."--Back cover |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 196-205 |
| Subject |
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de, 1744-1829.
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Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste de Monet, Chevalier de, 1744-1829
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Steele, Edward J. (Edward John)
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University of Wollongong -- Faculty.
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Evolutionary genetics.
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Natural selection.
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Naturalists -- France -- Biography.
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Biological Evolution.
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History, 18th Century.
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History, 19th Century.
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Selection, Genetic.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
2011431766 |
| ISBN |
1921208600 |
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9781921208607 (paperback) |
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