The Evolution of Evolution
Published on 24. April 2020
304 pages
978-1-912387-88-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Evolution of Evolution takes a multi-layered approach to history, moving from discussing an important predecessor to Darwin's Origin of Species, The Vestiges of Creation by the Scot Robert Chambers, to analysing episodes from Darwin's life and questioning his motives. Stephen also discusses the contribution other people made to Darwin's theories, both in person and through their own works, finishing by discussing interpretations and developments of Darwin's ideas after his death. By discussing social factors as well as academic or scientific influences, Stephen combines biography with scientific development and shows that understanding the man and the culture in which he lived is vitally important to understanding Darwin's theory. Stephen also highlights the many Scottish scientists and their ideas which have been overlooked by previous commentators, but who were an essential influence on Darwin.
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11/2009
Luath Press Ltd
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Person
As Chairman of the Patrick Geddes Memorial Trust Walter Stephen was responsible for the books Think Global, Act Local and A Vigorous Institution. He has also written a biography on Willie Park Junior and has degrees in Geography, Economic History and Education. One of his achievements was the establishment and operation for twenty years of Castlehill Urban Studies Centre, the first successful Urban Studies Centre in Britain. He currently lives in Edinburgh.
Content
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Illustrations - Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Frontispiece
- Chapter One: Darwin and his Mentors
- Chapter Two: Darwin and the Vestiges of Creation
- Chapter Three: Three Men in a Boat
- Chapter Four: Silent, upon a peak in Darien
- Chapter Five: Charles Lyell - the Long Way Round
- Chapter Six: The Riddle of Glen Roy
- Chapter Seven: The Anatomist and the Alienist
- Chapter Eight: Charles Darwin and Patrick Geddes
- Chapter Nine: Patrick Geddes and Charles Darwin
- Conclusion
- End Notes
- An Evolution Chronology
- Appendix - Extract from Who's Who - 1930
- Further Reading
