The Tragic Sense of Life: Ernst Haeckel and the Struggle over Evolutionary Thought
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (516 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226712168 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 576 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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But, with detractors ranging from paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould to modern-day creationists and advocates of intelligent design, Haeckel is better known as a divisive figure than as a pioneering biologist. Prior to the First World War, more people learned of evolutionary theory from the voluminous writings of Charles Darwin’s foremost champion in Germany, Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919), than from any other source, including the writings of Darwin himself. Richards’s intellectual biography rehabilitates Haeckel, providing the most accurate measure of his science and art yet written, as well as a moving account of Haeckel’s eventful life.. Robert J
Michelle said not a coffee table book. it is not a coffee table book - went to my library. Ronald H. Clark said Darwin's Defender in Germany and the World. This is a very fine biography of Ernest Haeckel (18Darwin's Defender in Germany and the World This is a very fine biography of Ernest Haeckel (183Darwin's Defender in Germany and the World Ronald H. Clark This is a very fine biography of Ernest Haeckel (1834-1919), the primary interpreter and defender of Darwinian theory in 19th and early 20th century Germany and, perhaps, the world. But the book is far more than even this. Haeckel above all was a first-class scientist who made major contributions in biology, morophology, and medicine, while discovering many new species and establishing classification systems for them. So, first of all, we learn about Haeckel's life in great detail. When he reads Darwin's "Origin," he undertakes to defend and propa. -1919), the primary interpreter and defender of Darwinian theory in 19th and early 20th century Germany and, perhaps, the world. But the book is far more than even this. Haeckel above all was a first-class scientist who made major contributions in biology, morophology, and medicine, while discovering many new species and establishing classification systems for them. So, first of all, we learn about Haeckel's life in great detail. When he reads Darwin's "Origin," he undertakes to defend and propa. Darwin's Defender in Germany and the World Ronald H. Clark This is a very fine biography of Ernest Haeckel (1834-1919), the primary interpreter and defender of Darwinian theory in 19th and early 20th century Germany and, perhaps, the world. But the book is far more than even this. Haeckel above all was a first-class scientist who made major contributions in biology, morophology, and medicine, while discovering many new species and establishing classification systems for them. So, first of all, we learn about Haeckel's life in great detail. When he reads Darwin's "Origin," he undertakes to defend and propa. -1919), the primary interpreter and defender of Darwinian theory in 19th and early "Darwin's Defender in Germany and the World" according to Ronald H. Clark. This is a very fine biography of Ernest Haeckel (18Darwin's Defender in Germany and the World This is a very fine biography of Ernest Haeckel (183Darwin's Defender in Germany and the World Ronald H. Clark This is a very fine biography of Ernest Haeckel (1834-1919), the primary interpreter and defender of Darwinian theory in 19th and early 20th century Germany and, perhaps, the world. But the book is far more than even this. Haeckel above all was a first-class scientist who made major contributions in biology, morophology, and medicine, while discovering many new species and establishing classification systems for them. So, first of all, we learn about Haeckel's life in great detail. When he reads Darwin's "Origin," he undertakes to defend and propa. -1919), the primary interpreter and defender of Darwinian theory in 19th and early 20th century Germany and, perhaps, the world. But the book is far more than even this. Haeckel above all was a first-class scientist who made major contributions in biology, morophology, and medicine, while discovering many new species and establishing classification systems for them. So, first of all, we learn about Haeckel's life in great detail. When he reads Darwin's "Origin," he undertakes to defend and propa. Darwin's Defender in Germany and the World Ronald H. Clark This is a very fine biography of Ernest Haeckel (1834-1919), the primary interpreter and defender of Darwinian theory in 19th and early 20th century Germany and, perhaps, the world. But the book is far more than even this. Haeckel above all was a first-class scientist who made major contributions in biology, morophology, and medicine, while discovering many new species and establishing classification systems for them. So, first of all, we learn about Haeckel's life in great detail. When he reads Darwin's "Origin," he undertakes to defend and propa. -1919), the primary interpreter and defender of Darwinian theory in 19th and early 20th century Germany and, perhaps, the world. But the book is far more than even this. Haeckel above all was a first-class scientist who made major contributions in biology, morophology, and medicine, while discovering many new species and establishing classification systems for them. So, first of all, we learn about Haeckel's life in great detail. When he reads Darwin's "Origin," he undertakes to defend and propa. 0th century Germany and, perhaps, the world. But the book is far more than even this. Haeckel above all was a first-class scientist who made major contributions in biology, morophology, and medicine, while discovering many new species and establishing classification systems for them. So, first of all, we learn about Haeckel's life in great detail. When he reads Darwin's "Origin," he undertakes to defend and propa. A portrait of a scientific and very human life (This review is an expanded version of my review in "Choice", the review magazine of the American Library Association).This is an extraordinarily thorough investigation into the life of a great (and greatly maligned) scientist. It is exhaustively researched and the bibliography is extremely thorough. But it is much more than a scholarly tome. It is a portrait of a man driven by science and romanticism, as well as a window into the scientific enterprise during a different era.Haeckel was an incredibly productive and insightful scientist; he was oft
Smith, Times Literary Supplement" . And the book is brilliant scholarship, drawing on a wide range of sources to paint a quite different picture of Haeckel's work than other scholars have achieved." - History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences "An excellent, well-illustrated, and scholarly biography of Haeckel." - Andrew Robinson, Financial Times "The Tragic Sense of Life is an immensely impressive work of biography and intellectual history, and a fitting testament to a complex and contradictory character. Richards succeeds brilliantly in reestablishing Haeckel as a significant scientist and a major figure in the history of evolutionary thought." - P. D. It is intellectually brilliant, offering an account of Haeckel as driven by tragic failures in love that colo
Richards is the Morris Fishbein Professor of the History of Science and Medicine at the University of Chicago and the author, most recently, of The Romantic Conception of Life: Science and Philosophy in the Age of Goethe, also published by the University of Chicago Press.. Robert J