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Charles Darwin Quest of Evolution (Bedford Series in History and Culture)by Sandra Herbert
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species in 1859 is widely regarded as a turning point in knowledge of the natural world. But Darwin's theory of natural selection was not developed in a vacuum; rather, it represents the culmination of an enormous shift in scientific and popular opinion on the subject of species mutability from the late eighteenth century onward. Through her insightful introduction and engaging collection of documents, Sandra Herbert examines this era of scientific thought and the startling discoveries that led Darwin and others to the conclusion that life has evolved. A wide range of documents from over a dozen authors — including letters, illustrations, scientific tracts, and excerpts from Darwin's own notebooks and On the Origin of Species — offer a fascinating glimpse into this crucial era of scientific thought. Thoughtful document headnotes, questions for consideration, a chronology, and a selected bibliography provide students with additional context and pedagogical support. About the AuthorSANDRA HERBERT (Ph.D. Brandeis University) is Professor Emerita of History at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a fellow of the Geological Society of America, and a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. A scholar of Charles Darwin, Herbert edited The Red Notebook of Charles Darwin (1980) and co-edited Charles Darwin's Notebooks, 1836-1844 (1987). Her book Charles Darwin: Geologist (2005), won the Geology Society of America's Mary C. Rabbitt Award, the History of Science Society's Suzanne J. Levinson Book Award, the American Historical Association's George L. Mosse Prize, and the North American Conference on British Studies' Albion Book Prize. Table of ContentsForeword Preface List of Maps and Illustrations PART ONE. Introduction: Development of the Theory of Evolution Late Eighteenth-Century Sources of Evolutionary Ideas Evolutionary and Anti-Evolutionary Currents in Early Nineteenth Century Thought Charles Darwin and the Evolution Debate The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, 1831-1836 Darwin's Development of a Theory The Birth of On the Origin of Species Response to Darwin's On the Origin of Species PART TWO. The Documents 1. The Question of Evolution Arises 1. Carl Linnaeus, Genera Plantarum: The Families of Plants, 1787 2. Alexander von Humboldt, Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the Years 1799-1804 3. Erasmus Darwin, The Temple of Nature; or the Origin of Society, 1803 4. Josiah Wedgwood, “Am I Not a Man and a Brother?” 1787 An American Version, 1837 5. Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 1787 6. Georges Cuvier, Essay on the Theory of the Earth, with Mineralogical Illustrations by Professor Jameson, 1822 7. Thomas Robert Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population, 1798 8. William Paley, Natural Theology, 1802 9. Jean Baptiste de Lamarck, Zoological Philosophy, 1809 10. Charles Lyell, Principles of Geology, 1832 11. John Herschel, Letter to Charles Lyell, 1836 2. Charles Darwin Addresses the Question of Evolution 12. Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches, 1839 13. Richard Owen, Glyptodon clavipes, (Gigantic Extinct Armadillo), 1845 14. Charles Darwin, Ornithological Notes, 1836 15. Charles Darwin, Notebook B, 1837 16. Emma Darwin, Letter to Charles Darwin, c. February 1839 17. Roderick Murchison, Presidential Address to the Geological Society of London, 1843 18. [Robert Chambers,] Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, 1844 19. Alfred Russel Wallace, On the Law Which Has Regulated the Introduction of New Species, 1855 20. Charles Darwin, Letter to Asa Gray, 1857 21. Alfred Russel Wallace, Recollections, 1858 22. Charles Darwin, Recollections, 1831-1858 23. Whitwell Elwin, Letter to John Murray, 1859 24. Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 1859 25. Athenaeum Report on the 1860 Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 26. Asa Gray, Review of the Origin, 1860 27. Louis Agassiz, Review of the Origin, 1860 28. Grave Sites of Asa Gray and Louis Agassiz, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts 29. Charles Darwin and Asa Gray, Letters, 1861-1866 Appendixes A Chronology of the History of Evolutionary Ideas (1739-1882) Questions for Consideration Selected Bibliography Index What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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