Beschreibung
This book examines the history of evolutionary theory, explains its metaphysical and philosophical foundations, introduces the scientists involved, and discusses the rise of evolutionary theory against the background of Creationism and Intelligent Design.
Autorenportrait
Olivier Rieppel is the Rowe Family Curator of Evolutionary Biology in the Department of Geology at the Field Museum in Chicago and an Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. He has published widely on the anatomy and evolution of living and fossil reptiles, as well as on the history and philosophy of biology.
Inhalt
What is the Story to be Told?- The Problem of Change; Changing World Views.- Stemming the Tide of Change.- A Matter of (Natural) Laws.- The ''Law of Superpositiona¿- Respectable Science - What is It?- Linking the Facts - Tracing the Traces.
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