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Darwin's corals : a new model of evolution and the tradition of natural history / Horst Bredekamp, Elizabeth Clegg.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bredekamp, Horst, 1947- author.
Contributor:
Clegg, Elizabeth, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. Structure and distribution of coral reefs.
Darwin, Charles.
Evolution (Biology).
Phylogeny.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (118 p.)
Place of Publication:
Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter, [2019]
Language Note:
In English.
Summary:
Bis heute wird Charles Darwins Theorie vom Überlebenskampf der Arten mit dem traditionellen "Baummodell" der Evolution visualisiert. Doch in Darwins Denken stellte früh die Koralle eine faszinierende Alternative zum Baum als Darstellung der Entwicklung der Species dar. Horst Bredekamp zeigt, wie der Korallenliebhaber und -sammler Darwin in ihr eine adäquatere Veranschaulichung der Evolution durch natürliche Selektion fand: Sie galt seit der Antike als Bild der gesamten Natur, wächst anarchisch in alle Richtungen und erhebt nicht mehr den Menschen zur Krönung der Entwicklung. Darwin erweist sich so im Modell der Koralle zugleich als Zerstörer und Vollender naturphilosophischen Denkens. Bitte beachten Sie die korrigierten Bildnachweise zur Printausgabe bei den Zusatzmaterialien.
To this day Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory of the "survival of the fittest" has been visualized with the universal model of a tree of life. But early on in Darwin's thinking the coral provided a fascinating alternative to the tree as a depiction of the evolution of the species. Horst Bredekamp shows how Darwin, a coral enthusiast and collector, found in it a more adequate illustration of evolution through natural selection: It grows anarchically in all directions and no longer upholds mankind as the "crown of creation." Using this example Darwin is proving himself to be both a destroyer and consummator of traditional natural philosophy. Since antiquity the coral had been a symbol of nature as a whole.
Contents:
Frontmatter
Table of Contents
Preface to the English Edition
Preface(2005)
I. The Find (1834)
II. From tree to coral (1837)
III. Strickland's alternatives (1840)
IV. From the circle drawings to the diagram (1851-1858)
V. The fold-out diagram in the Origin of Species (1859)
VI. Coral: Tradition and Encounter
Conclusion: The lure of the "endless"
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
Picture Credits
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
3-11-068031-9
OCLC:
1129190923

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