LEADER 03705cam a2200673 a 4500001 258338 005 20240621231222.0 008 980204t19981998nju b 001 0 eng 010 98011494 015 GB9960080 |2bnb 020 0691012172 |qcloth |qacid-free paper 020 9780691012179 |qcloth |qacid-free paper 020 0691050082 020 9780691050089 024 3 9780691012179 029 1 AU@ |b000013699621 029 1 AU@ |b000020757306 029 1 DEBSZ |b066899931 029 1 NLGGC |b167301322 029 1 NZ1 |b4837701 029 1 UNITY |b051984709 029 1 YDXCP |b1489201 035 (OCoLC)ocm38438615 035 (OCoLC)38438615 035 258338 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dUKM |dTNV |dBAKER |dBTCTA |dYDXCP |dBTN |dZWZ |dDEBSZ |dOCLCF |dP4I |dEUW |dI8M |dC@V |dOCLCO |dLHM 050 00 QH371 |b.R683 1998 082 00 576.8/2 |221 100 1 Rose, Michael R. |q(Michael Robertson), |d1955- 245 10 Darwin's spectre : |bevolutionary biology in the modern world / |cMichael R. Rose. 264 1 Princeton, N.J. : |bPrinceton University Press, |c[1998] 264 4 |c©1998 300 x, 233 pages ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-227) and index. 505 0 Darwin: The reluctant revolutionary -- Heredity: The problem variation -- Selection: Nature red in tooth and claw -- Evolution: The tree of life -- Agriculture: Malthus postponed -- Medicine: Dying of ignorance -- Eugenics: Promethean Darwinism -- Origins: From baboons to archbishops -- Psyche: Darwinism meets film noir -- Society: Ideology as biology -- Religion: The spectre haunting. 520 1 "In Darwin's Spectre, Michael Rose provides the general reader with an introduction to the theory of evolution: its beginning with Darwin, its key concepts, and how it may affect us in the future. First comes a brief biographical sketch of Darwin. Next, Rose gives a primer on the three most important concepts in evolutionary theory - variation, selection, and adaptation. With a firm grasp of these concepts, the reader is ready to look at modern applications of evolutionary theory." "Darwin's Spectre explains how evolutionary biology has been used to support both valuable applied research, particularly in agriculture, and truly frightening objectives, such as Nazi eugenics. Darwin's legacy has been a comfort and a scourge. But it has never been irrelevant."--Jacket. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Evolution (Biology) |xSocial aspects. 650 0 Natural selection |xSocial aspects. 650 2 Biological Evolution |xsociology. 650 7 Evolution (Biology) |xSocial aspects. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00917325 650 7 Natural selection |xSocial aspects. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01034526 650 7 Évolution (biologie) |xAspect social. |2ram 650 7 Sélection naturelle |xAspect social. |2ram 650 4 Evolución |xAspectos sociales. 650 4 Selección natural |xAspectos sociales. 650 0 Evolution |xSocial aspects. 650 0 Biology |xSocial aspects. 856 42 |3Table of contents |uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/prin032/98011494.html 856 42 |3Publisher description |uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin021/98011494.html 938 Baker & Taylor |bBKTY |c60.00 |d60.00 |i0691012172 |n0003126240 |sactive 938 Baker and Taylor |bBTCP |n98011494 938 YBP Library Services |bYANK |n1489201 994 C0 |bLHM 852 0 |bstacks |hQH371 |i.R683 1998