Darwin in Scotland. Edinburgh, Evolution and Enlightenment
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- Nombre de pages188
- PrésentationBroché
- FormatGrand Format
- Poids0.492 kg
- Dimensions15,6 cm × 23,3 cm × 1,9 cm
- ISBN978-1-904445-57-9
- EAN9781904445579
- Date de parution01/03/2010
- ÉditeurWHITTLES PUB
- PréfacierAnthony Clifford Grayling
- PréfacierStuart Munro
Résumé
This book is the first comprehensive account of Darwin's crucially important time in Scotland which proved to be vital preparation for his voyage aboard the Beagle. Though Darwin participated little in formal tuition at the University of Edinburgh, he was exposed to an ethos of naturalistic philosophy rooted in the Scottish Enlightenment. If he had bypassed Scotland and gone straight to Cambridge, his education would have been theologically-based and unlikely to have given him the perspective that led him to question the prevailing doctrine.
Darwin in Scotland is also the first book to explore the subsequent impact of his work on modern day biologists at the University of Edinburgh. How far have we moved on since Darwin made his discoveries ? Are his theories still relevant to modern-day science ? Can we say if they will be relevant in the future ? And, what should we be teaching future generations ? The relevance of Darwin is as important and volatile now as when The Origin of Species was first published a century and a half ago.
Science and religion seem to have reached an impasse. All the major issues in evolutionary study are covered through a collection of exclusive interviews that encapsulate the diverse fundamental viewpoints, including contributions from Richard Dawkins, Noam Chomsky, Martin Rees, Aubrey Manning, Richard Holloway, Daniel C. Dennett, Randal Keynes, Brian Charlesworth, Ken Ham and others. They include some of the world leaders in the biological sciences at Edinburgh University, and they are most revealing about what Darwin has meant to them and their work.
Darwin in Scotland is also the first book to explore the subsequent impact of his work on modern day biologists at the University of Edinburgh. How far have we moved on since Darwin made his discoveries ? Are his theories still relevant to modern-day science ? Can we say if they will be relevant in the future ? And, what should we be teaching future generations ? The relevance of Darwin is as important and volatile now as when The Origin of Species was first published a century and a half ago.
Science and religion seem to have reached an impasse. All the major issues in evolutionary study are covered through a collection of exclusive interviews that encapsulate the diverse fundamental viewpoints, including contributions from Richard Dawkins, Noam Chomsky, Martin Rees, Aubrey Manning, Richard Holloway, Daniel C. Dennett, Randal Keynes, Brian Charlesworth, Ken Ham and others. They include some of the world leaders in the biological sciences at Edinburgh University, and they are most revealing about what Darwin has meant to them and their work.
This book is the first comprehensive account of Darwin's crucially important time in Scotland which proved to be vital preparation for his voyage aboard the Beagle. Though Darwin participated little in formal tuition at the University of Edinburgh, he was exposed to an ethos of naturalistic philosophy rooted in the Scottish Enlightenment. If he had bypassed Scotland and gone straight to Cambridge, his education would have been theologically-based and unlikely to have given him the perspective that led him to question the prevailing doctrine.
Darwin in Scotland is also the first book to explore the subsequent impact of his work on modern day biologists at the University of Edinburgh. How far have we moved on since Darwin made his discoveries ? Are his theories still relevant to modern-day science ? Can we say if they will be relevant in the future ? And, what should we be teaching future generations ? The relevance of Darwin is as important and volatile now as when The Origin of Species was first published a century and a half ago.
Science and religion seem to have reached an impasse. All the major issues in evolutionary study are covered through a collection of exclusive interviews that encapsulate the diverse fundamental viewpoints, including contributions from Richard Dawkins, Noam Chomsky, Martin Rees, Aubrey Manning, Richard Holloway, Daniel C. Dennett, Randal Keynes, Brian Charlesworth, Ken Ham and others. They include some of the world leaders in the biological sciences at Edinburgh University, and they are most revealing about what Darwin has meant to them and their work.
Darwin in Scotland is also the first book to explore the subsequent impact of his work on modern day biologists at the University of Edinburgh. How far have we moved on since Darwin made his discoveries ? Are his theories still relevant to modern-day science ? Can we say if they will be relevant in the future ? And, what should we be teaching future generations ? The relevance of Darwin is as important and volatile now as when The Origin of Species was first published a century and a half ago.
Science and religion seem to have reached an impasse. All the major issues in evolutionary study are covered through a collection of exclusive interviews that encapsulate the diverse fundamental viewpoints, including contributions from Richard Dawkins, Noam Chomsky, Martin Rees, Aubrey Manning, Richard Holloway, Daniel C. Dennett, Randal Keynes, Brian Charlesworth, Ken Ham and others. They include some of the world leaders in the biological sciences at Edinburgh University, and they are most revealing about what Darwin has meant to them and their work.