Evolution and the Victorians: Science, Culture and Politics in Darwin's Britain

by Jonathan Conlin

Book Overview

Charles Darwin's discovery of evolution by natural selection was the greatest scientific discovery of all time. The publication of his 1859 book, On the Origin of Species, is normally taken as the point at which evolution erupted as an idea, radically altering how the Victorians saw themselves and others. This book tells a very different story. Darwin's discovery was part of a long process of negotiation between imagination, faith and knowledge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144113090X
• ISBN13: 9781441130907
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"