Darwinism's Struggle for Survival: Heredity and the Hypothesis of Natural Selection

by Jean Gayon

Book Overview

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 which it encountered, particularly with regard to its compatibility with the theory of heredity. He then shows how these difficulties were overcome during the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521039673
• ISBN13: 9780521039673
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"