The Coming of Evolution
by John W. Judd
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About this eBook
- Author
- Judd, John W. (John Wesley), 1840-1916
- Title
- The Coming of Evolution: The Story of a Great Revolution in Science
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Brownfox and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QH: Science: Natural history
- Subject
- Evolution (Biology) -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 31316
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31316
- Release Date
- February 18, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature — THE COMING OF EVOLUTION
- 2.JOHN W. JUDD
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.PLATES
- 5.CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTORY
- 6.CHAPTER II — ORIGIN OF THE IDEA OF EVOLUTION
- 7.CHAPTER III — THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEA OF EVOLUTION TO THE INORGANIC WORLD
- 8.CHAPTER IV — THE TRIUMPH OF CATASTROPHISM OVER EVOLUTION
- 9.CHAPTER V — THE REVOLT OF SCROPE AND LYELL AGAINST CATASTROPHISM
- 10.CHAPTER VI — 'THE PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY'
- 11.CHAPTER VII — THE INFLUENCE OF LYELL'S WORKS
- 12.CHAPTER VIII — EARLY ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH THE DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION FOR THE ORGANIC WORLD
- 13.CHAPTER IX — DARWIN AND WALLACE: THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION
- 14.CHAPTER X — THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
- 15.CHAPTER XI — THE INFLUENCE OF DARWIN'S WORKS
- 16.CHAPTER XII — THE PLACE OF LYELL AND DARWIN IN HISTORY
- 17.NOTES
- 18.INDEX — TRANSCRIBERS' NOTES
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