{"product_id":"the-non-darwinian-revolution-reinterpreting-a-historical-myth-9780801843679","title":"The Non-Darwinian Revolution: Reinterpreting a Historical Myth","description":"\u003cp\u003eConcise and clearly written, \u003ci\u003eThe Non-Darwinian Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e sets forth a convincing argument for a reappraisal of Darwin's importance not only for the history of science but for the history of ideas as well. Bowler finds no fault in Darwin's theory, only with the mistaken notion of its revolutionary effect on nuneteenth-century thought. Examining the work of such figures as Owen, Spencer, Kelvin, Huxley, Haeckel, and Freud, Bowler discovers as near-universal tendency to accept evolutionism while rejecting Darwin's central premise: natural selection. Instead, leanding scientists and thinkers stubbornly clung to the Lamarckian theory of evolution as guided, purposeful development until they were forced by the twentieth century's \"rediscovery\" of Mendelian law to concede otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e-- \"British Journal of the History of Science\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter J. Bowler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.95w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801843679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePeter J. Bowler\u003c\/b\u003e is reader in the history of philosophy of sceince at the Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland. His other books include\u003ci\u003e The Eclipse of Darwinism: Anti-Darwinian Evolution Theories in the Decades around 1900\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mendelian Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTheories of Human Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43150672101491,"sku":"9.7808E+12","price":53.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_91a628f1-7541-4748-8971-22d32aa85529.jpg?v=1750769107","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-non-darwinian-revolution-reinterpreting-a-historical-myth-9780801843679","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}