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BL
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990797
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b745167
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Ruse, Michael.
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Monad to man : : the concept of progress in evolutionary biology /\ Michael Ruse.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. ;London :: Harvard University Press,, 2009.
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1 online resource (628 pages)
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0674032489
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: 0674042999
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: 0674582209
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: 9780674032484
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: 9780674042995
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: 9780674582200
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0674582209
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9780674032484
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| Notes
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Originally published: 1996.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-596) and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Progress and Culture; 2. The Birth of Evolutionism; 3. The Nineteenth Century; From Cuvier to Owen; 4. Charles Darwin and Progress; 5. Evolution as World View; 6. The Professional Biologists; 7. Evolution Travels West; 8. British Evolutionists and Mendelian Genetics ; 9. Discipline Building in Britian; 10. The Genetics of Populations; 11. The Synthesis; 12. Professional Evolutionism; 13. Contemporary Debates; 14. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Credits; Index.
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Biologists, Interviews.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Biologists.
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Evolution (Biology)
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Evolution.
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| Dewey Classification
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576.82
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QH360.5.R87 2009eb
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