Monad to Man : : The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology / / Michael Ruse.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
• VerfasserIn: Ruse, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (640 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. Progress and Culture --; 2. The Birth of Evolutionism --; 3. The Nineteenth Century: From Cuvier to Owen --; 4. Charles Darwin and Progress --; 5. Evolution as World View --; 6. The Professional Biologist --; 7. Evolution Travels West --; 8. British Evolutionists and Mendelian Genetics --; 9. Discipline Building in Britain --; 10. The Genetics of Populations --; 11. The Synthesis --; 12. Professional Evolutionism --; 13. Contemporary Debates --; 14. Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Credits --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674042995; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674042995?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Michael Ruse.

In interviews with today's major figures in evolutionary biology--including Stephen Jay Gould, E. O. Wilson, Ernst Mayr, and John Maynard Smith--Ruse offers an unparalleled account of evolutionary theory, from popular books to museums to the most complex theorizing, at a time when its status as science is under greater scrutiny than ever before.