The Triumph of Evolution: American Scientists and the Heredity-Environment Controversy, 19-1941 (Anniversary Collection)

Cravens, Hamilton

ISBN 10: 0812277449 / ISBN 13: 9780812277449

Editore: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection, 1978

Former theological library copy with usual markings. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Codice articolo 162407020024

Riassunto:

Hamilton Cravens challenges widespread belief to argue that the impact of evolutionary ideas on American culture and science has been greater since the collapse of Social Darwinism. he portrays a new generation of American scientists whose pioneering work led to the bitterly debated heredity-environment controversy in the 1920s and then, in the '30s, to a "synthetic" theory of the way heredity and environment together have shaped human nature and culture.
The resolution of this issue seemed to hold an exhilarating promise. If scientists could explain-and even predict-human behavior, they might help restore social control and stability in an age of domestic ferment and international turmoil.
The Triumph of Evolution is the first scholarly history of one of the most significant scientific controversies of the twentieth century.

Product Description: CRAVENS, H. THE TRIUMPH OF EVOLUTION. AMERICAN SCIENTISTS AND THE HEREDITY-ENVIRONMENT CONTROVERSY 1900-1941. PHILADELPHIA, PA, 1978, xvi 351 p.,laminas. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

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Titolo: The Triumph of Evolution: American ...
Casa editrice: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
Data di pubblicazione: 1978
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Very Good