Project Gutenberg 2007-08-29 Public domain in the USA. 127 Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur) 1861 1933 Thomson, John Arthur Bateson, William 1861 1926 Bateson, W. (William) Bouglé, Célestin Charles Alfred 1870 1940 Bougle, Celestin Charles Alfred Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell) 1861 1927 Bury, John Bagnell Haeckel, Ernst 1834 1919 Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Høffding, Harald 1843 1931 Hoffding, Harald Höffding, Harold Höffding, Harald Morgan, C. Lloyd (Conwy Lloyd) 1852 1936 Morgan, C. L. (Conwy Lloyd) Morgan, Conwy Lloyd Schwalbe, Gustav Albert 1844 1916 Schwalbe, G. (Gustav) Waggett, P. N. (Philip Napier) 1862 1939 Waggett, Philip Napier Weismann, August 1834 1914 Weismann, A. (August) Weismann, Friedrich Leopold August Evolution in Modern Thought Darwin's predecessors, by J.A. Thomson -- The selection theory, by A. Weismann -- Heredity and variation in modern lights, by W. Bateson -- "The descent of man," by G. Schwalbe -- Charles Darwin as an anthropologist, by E. Haeckel -- Mental factors in evolution, by C.L. Morgan -- The influence of the conception of evolution on modern philosophy, by H. Höffding -- The influence of Darwin upon religious thought, by P.H. Waggett -- Darwinism and history, by J.B. Bury -- Darwinism and sociology, by C. Bouglé. Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Evolution in Modern Thought" by J. Arthur Thomson et al. is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The work explores the theory of evolution, particularly focusing on Charles Darwin's contributions and the foundational principles of natural selection and descent that have shaped modern biological thought. The book discusses the historical context of evolutionary ideas and examines the insights of various key figures in the field. The opening of the book introduces the first chapter, "Darwin's Predecessors," penned by J. Arthur Thomson. It delves into the development of evolutionary thought prior to Darwin, highlighting the contributions of ancient philosophers, such as Aristotle, and leading figures in the scientific community, including Buffon, Erasmus Darwin, and Lamarck. Thomson emphasizes how Darwin synthesized existing ideas into a robust framework that captured the scientific community's imagination, particularly through well-reasoned arguments for natural selection. The narrative sets the stage for a deeper exploration into how the concept of evolution emerged and evolved from its early formulations to the comprehensive understanding we have today. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Evolution (Biology) QH Text Biology Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution 753490 753499 2024-09-09T14:16:45.422506 2023-09-10T06:54:51.118143 text/html text/html 746549 2007-08-29T11:23:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 310192 2007-08-29T11:24:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 372585 2024-09-09T14:16:57.940414 application/epub+zip 381342 2024-09-09T14:16:47.997474 application/epub+zip 307567 2024-09-09T14:16:46.484468 application/epub+zip 684093 2024-09-09T14:17:04.750429 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 611636 2024-09-09T14:16:56.766445 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 521224 2022-09-10T13:08:31.364302 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 618515 2024-09-09T14:16:43.673478 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 618337 2007-08-29T11:23:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 221918 2007-08-29T11:24:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 618127 2007-08-29T11:23:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 221602 2007-08-29T11:24:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 618200 2007-08-29T11:23:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 221341 2007-08-29T11:24:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 28954 2024-09-09T14:17:04.965393 application/rdf+xml 12881 2024-09-09T14:16:46.987484 image/jpeg 3563 2024-09-09T14:16:46.771457 image/jpeg 358151 2024-09-09T14:16:45.482496 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia de.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia de.wikipedia en.wikipedia