Describes the development and impact of some of the most controversial of scientific theories. This book examines scholarship and trends within the study of evolution.

A comprehensive and authoritative guide to developments in life and earth sciences since 1800.

Reveals the existence of a long tradition within the churches that sought to reconcile Christian beliefs with evolution by finding reflections of the divine in scientific explanations for the origin of life. This title provides an alternative to accounts that stress only the escalating confrontation.

Combined biography and cultural history, extending to Darwin's influence upon the twentieth century.

This new edition of Evolution: The History of an Idea has been entirely rewritten to take into account the work of historians and scientists since the book's original publication in 1983. It provides a history of evolutionary thought.

Reveals the existence of a long tradition within the churches that sought to reconcile Christian beliefs with evolution by finding reflections of the divine in scientific explanations for the origin of life.

In this pioneering study of the first major challenges to Darwinism, Bowler examines the completing theories of evolution, identifies their intellectual origins, and describes the process by which the modern concept of evolution emerged.

Combined biography and cultural history, extending to Darwin's influence upon the twentieth century.

Provides a survey of the interplay between British science and religion from the late 19th century to World War II. The book argues that, unlike the United States, where strong opposition to evolutionism developed, in Britain there was a concerted effort to reconcile science and religion.

Concise and clearly written, The Non-Darwinian Revolution sets forth a convincing argument for a reappraisal of Darwin's importance not only for the history of science but for the history of ideas as well. Bowler finds no fault with Darwin's theory, only with the mistaken notion of its revolutionary effect on nineteenth-century thought. Examining the work of such figures as Owen, Spencer, ...