Archetypes and Ancestors Palaeontology in Victorian London, 1850-1875

Name: Archetypes and Ancestors Palaeontology in Victorian London, 1850-1875
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ISBN: 9780226143446

ISBN-10: 0226143449

ISBN-13: 9780226143446

Edition: 1982 (Reprint)

Authors: Adrian Desmond

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"The social construction of scientific knowledge, clearly one of the most exciting trends in the history of science in the 1890's, has made a solid stride forward with the publication of Archetypes and Ancestors. . . . Adrian Desmond set out to determine how much light might be shed on the mid-Victorian controversies over fossil reconstruction by an investigation of the ideological commitments and political programs of London paleontologists. The answer is: a great deal of light. The resulting book is thoroughly fascinating."—Philip Rehbock, American Historical Review"A sophisticated study of the colonization of scientific territory—specifically of rival attempts to design the dinosaur—and…

Book details

List price: $32.50
Copyright year: 1982
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/15/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.25" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Huxley, Owen, and the Archetype



Creative Continuity: Fossils & Theology



Huxley's 'Persistence'



Social Function and Fossil Form



""Phylogeny""



Groves of Trees & Grades of Life


Notes and References


Bibliography


Index