"In a compelling new study of popular evolutionism over two centuries, Peter Bowler uses the growing interest in popular science to reinterpret how evolutionary ideas have shaped modern culture. He demonstrates how Darwinism and its rivals sought public attention via mass media, and their resulting impact on popular consciousness"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Bridging the gap; 2. Before Darwin; 3. Reacting to the Origin; 4. Human ancestry; 5. Evolutionary epics; 6. Challenging Darwinism; 7. Reconfiguring the ascent of life; 8. Social evolutionism; 9. The evolutionary synthesis; 10. Toward the modern world.
