Descended from Darwin: Insights Into the History of Evolutionary Studies, 1900-1970 (Transactions Vol. 99, Part 1)

by Michael Ruse, Joe Cain, Frederick Burkhardt

This vol. has its origins in a conference, held October 22-23, 2004, at the Amer. Philosophical Society (APS) Library, Phila. The main focus was on evolutionary studies in America before, during, and after the famous "synthesis" period of the 1930s and 1940s. The synthesis period has been the focus of substantial new research and important new thinking. This vol. brings together 15 specialists to explore these developments and to press further. Questions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606189913
• ISBN13: 9781606189917
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 360 Pages