The Eclipse of Darwinism: Anti-Darwinian Evolution Theories in the Decades around 1900 by Peter Bowler

by Peter J. Bowler

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.

Genres: Science, Evolution, Biology, History Of Science

Paperback

First published June 1, 1983

About the author

Peter J. Bowler, FBA, is a historian of biology who has written extensively on the history of evolutionary thought, the history of the environmental sciences, and on the history of genetics.