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  • After Darwin

    Literature, Theory, and Criticism in the Twenty-First Century

    Modifié par Devin Griffiths, Deanna Kreisel ...
    Collections series After Series
    Creative storytelling is the beating heart of Darwin's science. All of Darwin's writings drew on information gleaned from a worldwide network of scientific research and correspondence, but they hinge on moments in which Darwin asks his reader to imagine how specific patterns came to be over time, spinning yarns filled with protagonists and antagonists, crises, triumphs, and tragedies. His fictions ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Age of Analogy

    Science and Literature between the Darwins

    par Devin Griffiths ...
    How did literature shape nineteenth-century science?Erasmus Darwin and his grandson, Charles, were the two most important evolutionary theorists of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain. Although their ideas and methods differed, both Darwins were prolific and inventive writers: Erasmus composed several epic poems and scientific treatises, while Charles is renowned both for his collected ... En savoir plus

    $41.99 CAD

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  • The Myths We Live By

    par Mary Midgley ...
    Collections series Routledge Classics
    With a new Introduction by the author'An elegant and sane little book. – The New StatesmanMyths, as Mary Midgley argues in this powerful book, are everywhere. In political thought they sit at the heart of theories of human nature and the social contract; in economics in the pursuit of self interest; and in science the idea of human beings as machines, which originates in the seventeenth century, ... En savoir plus

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  • Debating Darwin

    par Robert J. Richards, Michael Ruse ...
    Two evolutionists debate the intellectual roots of Darwin's theories, drawing connections to German Romanticism, the Scottish Enlightenment, and more.Charles Darwin is an icon of modern science, and his theory of evolution is commonly referenced by scientists and nonscientists alike. Yet there is a surprising amount we don't know about the father of modern evolutionary thinking, his intellectual ... En savoir plus

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  • The Landscape of History

    How Historians Map the Past

    par John Lewis Gaddis ...
    What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft, as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness ... En savoir plus

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  • The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science

    Modifié par Bruce Clarke, Manuela Rossini ...
    Collections series Routledge Literature Companions
    With forty-four newly commissioned articles from an international cast of leading scholars, The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science traces the network of connections among literature, science, technology, mathematics, and medicine. Divided into three main sections, this volume:links diverse literatures to scientific disciplines from Artificial Intelligence to Thermodynamicssurveys ... En savoir plus

    $105.99 CAD

  • Darwin Loves You

    Natural Selection and the Re-enchantment of the World

    par George Levine ...
    Jesus and Darwin do battle on car bumpers across America. Medallions of fish symbolizing Jesus are answered by ones of amphibians stamped "Darwin," and stickers proclaiming "Jesus Loves You" are countered by "Darwin Loves You." The bumper sticker debate might be trivial and the pronouncement that "Darwin Loves You" may seem merely ironic, but George Levine insists that the message contains an ... En savoir plus

    $39.59 CAD

  • The Science of Character

    Human Objecthood and the Ends of Victorian Realism

    par S. Pearl Brilmyer ...
    The Science of Character makes a bold new claim for the power of the literary by showing how Victorian novelists used fiction to theorize how character forms.In 1843, the Victorian philosopher John Stuart Mill called for the establishment of a new science, "the science of the formation of character." Although Mill's proposal failed as scientific practice, S. Pearl Brilmyer maintains that it found ... En savoir plus

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  • Evolution and Victorian Culture

    Collections Livre 92 - Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
    In this collection of essays from leading scholars, the dynamic interplay between evolution and Victorian culture is explored for the first time, mapping new relationships between the arts and sciences. Rather than focusing simply on evolution and literature or art, this volume brings together essays exploring the impact of evolutionary ideas on a wide range of cultural activities including ... En savoir plus

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  • Evolution

    The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory

    par Edward J. Larson ...
    Collections Livre 17 - Modern Library Chronicles
    “I often said before starting, that I had no doubt I should frequently repent of the whole undertaking.” So wrote Charles Darwin aboard The Beagle, bound for the Galapagos Islands and what would arguably become the greatest and most controversial discovery in scientific history. But the theory of evolution did not spring full-blown from the head of Darwin. Since the dawn of humanity, priests, ... En savoir plus

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  • The Event of Literature

    par Terry Eagleton ...
    In this characteristically concise, witty, and lucid book, Terry Eagleton turns his attention to the questions we should ask about literature, but rarely do. What is literature? Can we even speak of "literature" at all? What do different literary theories tell us about what texts mean and do? In throwing new light on these and other questions he has raised in previous best-sellers, Eagleton offers ... En savoir plus

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  • An Urchin in the Storm

    par Stephen Jay Gould ...
    "What pleasure to see the dishonest, the inept, and the misguided deftly given their due, while praise is lavished on the deserving—for reasons well and truly stated."—Kirkus ReviewsRanging as far as the fox and as deep as the hedgehog (the urchin of his title), Stephen Jay Gould expands on geology, biological determinism, "cardboard Darwinism," and evolutionary theory in this sparkling collection ... En savoir plus

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