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      A History of the Future: Prophets of Progress from H. G. Wells to Isaac Asimov

      Peter J. Bowler (Queen's University Belfast)

      In this wide-ranging survey, Bowler explores the phenomenon of futurology: predictions about the future development and impact of science and technology through the twentieth century. Bowler explores how conflict between…

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      Progress Unchained: Ideas of Evolution, Human History and the Future

      Peter J. Bowler (Queen's University Belfast)

      Bowler charts developments in thinking about progress using the emergence of Darwinism in biology to throw light on parallel changes in the understanding of social development. He shows how linear…

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      A History of the Future: Prophets of Progress from H. G. Wells to Isaac Asimov

      Peter J. Bowler (Queen's University Belfast)

      In this wide-ranging survey, Bowler explores the phenomenon of futurology: predictions about the future development and impact of science and technology through the twentieth century. Bowler explores how conflict between…

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      The Mendelian Revolution: The Emergence of Hereditarian Concepts in Modern Science and Society

      Peter J. Bowler (Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland)

      An introduction to the history of genetics and the rethinking of evolutionism.

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      Charles Darwin: The Man and his Influence

      Peter J. Bowler (Queen's University Belfast)

      This study combines biography and cultural history, charting Darwin’s considerable influence from his time to ours.

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      Charles Darwin: The Man and his Influence

      Peter J. Bowler (Queen's University Belfast)

      An almost mythical figure in the development of science, Darwin’s theory of natural selection was not initially accepted by many of his contemporaries. This study combines biography and cultural history…

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      Viewegs Geschichte Der Umweltwissenschaften: Ein Bild Der Naturgeschichte Unserer Erde

      Peter J Bowler (Queen's University Belfast Northern Ireland)

      Die Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik ist in den letzten Jahrzehnten um wichtige neue Aspekte und Interpretationen bereichert worden. Diese Ergebnisse waren aber bis jetzt nur in Spezialistenkreisen bekannt…

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      Viewegs Geschichte Der Umweltwissenschaften: Ein Bild Der Naturgeschichte Unserer Erde

      Peter J Bowler (Queen's University Belfast Northern Ireland)

      Die Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik ist in den letzten Jahrzehnten um wichtige neue Aspekte und Interpretationen bereichert worden. Diese Ergebnisse waren aber bis jetzt nur in Spezialistenkreisen bekannt…

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