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Darwinism's Struggle for Survival
Jean Gayon
其他書名
Heredity and the Hypothesis of Natural Selection
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 1998-08-06
主題
Philosophy / General
Philosophy / Political
Science / Life Sciences / Evolution
Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects
ISBN
0521562503
9780521562508
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=TJIiTiY5G0gC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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In Darwinism's Struggle for Survival Jean Gayon offers a philosophical interpretation of the history of theoretical Darwinism. He begins by examining the different forms taken by the hypothesis of natural selection in the nineteenth century (Darwin, Wallace, Galton) and the major difficulties that it encountered, particularly with regard to its compatibility with the theory of heredity. He then shows how these difficulties were overcome during the seventy years that followed the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species, and he concludes by analyzing the major features of the genetic theory of natural selection, as it developed from 1920 to 1960. This rich and wide-ranging study will appeal to philosophers and historians of science and to evolutionary biologists.