Life's Splendid Drama: Evolutionary Biology and the Reconstruction of Life's Ancestry, 1860-1940

by Peter J. Bowler

Book Overview

The story of life's splendid drama has captivated generations of the general public, just as it has intrigued biologists, especially those who began to try to solve evolutionary puzzles in the years immediately after the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species in 1859. Yet histories of the Darwinian revolution have paid far more attention to theoretical debates and have largely ignored the researchers who struggled to comprehend the deeper...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226069214
• ISBN13: 9780226069210
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 540 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.9"