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Degeneration: A Chapter in Darwinism
Degeneration : a chapter in Darwinism
- Genres19th Century
96 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 25, 2013
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About the author
Edwin Ray Lankester
299 books5 followersSir Edwin Ray Lankester KCB FRS (15 May 1847 – 13 August 1929) was a British zoologist.
An invertebrate zoologist and evolutionary biologist, he held chairs at University College London and Oxford University. He was the third Director of the Natural History Museum, and was awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society.
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Not to be confused with his father, Edwin Lankester.
An invertebrate zoologist and evolutionary biologist, he held chairs at University College London and Oxford University. He was the third Director of the Natural History Museum, and was awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society.
Source: Wikipedia
Not to be confused with his father, Edwin Lankester.
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May 23, 2015
This was just an interesting account of degeneration. I read this in conjunction with Alfred Wallace's brief article "Degeneration" and Stevenson's _Jekyll and Hyde_ so, obviously a completely different field of study, but it brought up interesting questions of how a biological account of degeneration could correlate with moral degeneracy.
January 22, 2015
Fascinating read, but the author had some crazy-pants ideas about evolution/social progress, which he doesn't reveal until the very end.
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