February 1963. Stated First Thus Printing. A Mentor Book Published by New American Library., 126 pages. 8 oz. ( 7 x 4.25 x .375 inches Paperback). Darwin and the Modern World An exploration of the impact of Darwin's evolutionary biology on the religious and intellectual thought of the past century (The Rockwell Lectures, Rice University) by John C. Green. Philosophy. From This book presents the substance of three lectures on Darwin and Modern Thought delivered at Rice University in Spring of 1960 in the Rockwell Lecture Series.