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The theory of evolution and its impact / Aldo Fasolo, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biological Evolution.
- Culture.
- Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Evolution (Biology)--History.
- History.
- Evolution (Biology)--Social aspects.
- Medical Subjects:
- Biological Evolution.
- Culture.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 228 pages : illustrations, portraits
- Place of Publication:
- Milan : Springer, [2012]
- Contents:
- Introduction : The sand walk (on the Darwin's steps) / Aldo Fasolo
- Lamarck, politics and religion in the early nineteenth century / Pietro Corsi
- Darwinism past and present : is it past its "sell-by" date? / Michael Ruse
- Evolutionary theory and philosophical Darwinism / Paolo Casini
- Struggle for existence : selection, retention and extinction of a metaphor / Peter Weingart
- The theory of evolution and cultural anthropology / Henrika Kuklick
- The concept of evolution in linguistics / Manfred Bierwisch
- Theory of evolution and genetics / Alberto Piazza
- Genes, evolution and the development of the embryo / Giuseppina Barsacchi
- Evolutionary mechanisms and neural adaptation : selective versus constructive strategies in the development and plasticity of the nervous system / Ferdinando Rossi
- Is the human brain unique? / Gerhard Roth
- Aristotle and the chicken : animacy and the origins of beliefs / Giorgio Vallortigara
- Evolution : remarks on the history of a concept adopted by Darwin / Volker Gerhardt
- An evolving research programme : the structure of evolutionary theory from a Lakatosian perspective / Telmo Pievani.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9788847019737
- 8847019737
- 9788847019744
- 8847019745
- OCLC:
- 733249955
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