The History of Creation
eBook - ePub

The History of Creation

Or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes, Volume 1

  1. 446 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The History of Creation

Or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes, Volume 1

About this book

Originally published in 1899, The History of Creation was the first book of its kind to apply a doctrine to the whole range of organic morphology and make use of the effect Darwin had on biological sciences during the 19th century. Haeckel looks at Darwin's reform of Descent Theory and its establishment through the doctrine of selection. He introduces Descent Theory into the systematic classification of animals and plants and finds a "natural system" on the basis of genealogy - that is, to construct hypothetical pedigrees for the various species of organisms. The book will be of interest to those studying natural history and the origins of modern scientific thought, it will appeal to researchers both in the natural sciences and in history.

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Information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9780429664359
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Title Page
  6. Original Copyright Page
  7. Table of Contents
  8. List of Illustrations
  9. Author’s Preface to the English Edition
  10. Editor’s Preface to the New English Edition
  11. Chapter I Nature and Importance of the Doctrine of Filiation, or Descent Theory
  12. Chapter II Scientific Justification of the Theory of Descent. History of Creation According to LinnĂŚus
  13. Chapter III The History of Creation According to Cuvier and Agassiz
  14. Chapter IV Theory of Development According to Goethe and Oken
  15. Chapter V Theory of Development According to Kant and Lamarck
  16. Chapter VI Theory of Development According to Lyell and Darwin
  17. Chapter VII The Theory of Selection (Darwinism).
  18. Chapter VIII Transmission by Inheritance and Propagation
  19. Chapter IX Laws of Transmission by Inheritance
  20. Chapter X Adaptation and Nutrition. Laws of Adaptation
  21. Chapter XI Natural Selection by the Struggle for Existence. Cellular Selection and Personal Selection
  22. Chapter XII Division of labour and Divergence of Forms. Progress and Retrogradation
  23. Chapter XIII The Individual Development of Organisms. The History of the Development of the Animal Tribes
  24. Chapter XIV Migration and Distribution of Organisms. Chorology and the Ice Period of the Earth
  25. Chapter XV Theory of the Development of the Universe and of the Earth. Spontaneous Generation. The Carbon Theory. The Plastid Theory