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1 online resource (221 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology
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Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Darwin's metaphor and his Russian audience -- Malthus, Darwin, and Russian social thought -- Beketov, botany, and the harmony of nature -- Korzhinskii, the steppe, and the theory of heterogenesis -- Mechnikov, Darwinism, and the phagocytic theory -- Kessler and Russia's mutual aid tradition -- Kropotkin's theory of mutual aid -- Severtsov, Timiriazev, and the classical tradition. |
| Summary |
The first book in English to examine in detail the scientific work of 19th-century Russian evolutionists, and the first in any language to explore the relationship of their theories to their economic, political, and natural milieu. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. |
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Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834.
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Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834. |
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Malthus, T. R., 1766-1834 Malthus, Thomas Robert. |
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Biology -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Biology. |
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Soviet Union. |
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History. |
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Biology -- Soviet Union -- Philosophy -- History.
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Philosophy. |
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Natural selection -- History.
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Natural selection. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Todes, Daniel Philip. Darwin without Malthus. New York : Oxford University Press, 1989 0195058305 (DLC) 88034301 (OCoLC)18906787 |
| ISBN |
9780195363272 (electronic book) |
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0195363272 (electronic book) |
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0195058305 (alkaline paper) |
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9780195058307 (alkaline paper) |
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