Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley by Edward Clodd

Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley

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LoC No.: 05040734

Title: Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley
With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement

Contents: pt. I. Pioneers of evolution from Thales to Lucretius, B.C. 600-A.D. 50 -- pt. II. The arrest of inquiry, A.D. 50-A.D. 1600: 1. From the early Christian period to the time of Augustine, A.D. 50-A.D. 400. 2. From Augustine to Lord Bacon, A.D. 400-A.D. 1600 -- pt. 3. The renascence of science, A.D. 1600 onward -- pt. IV. Modern evolution: 1. Darwin and Wallace. 2. Herbert Spencer. 3. Thomas Henry Huxley.

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Author: Clodd, Edward, 1840-1930

EBook No.: 39526

Published: Apr 24, 2012

Downloads: 86

Language: English

Subject: Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895

Subject: Evolution (Biology) -- History

Subject: Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903

Subject: Philosophy -- History

LoCC: Science: Natural history

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.