Larson, Edward J.

Evolution : the history of a scientific theory / Edward J. Larson. - New York : Modern Library, 2004. - xiv, 337 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - A Modern Library chronicals book ; 17 . - Modern Library chronicles ; 17. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-321) and index.

Traces the history of evolutionary theory, from the eighteenth-century emergence of paleontology, through the breakthroughs of Darwin, to the backlash against evolutionism, to its resurrection through the science of genetics.

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Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy--History.

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