Orthogenesis versus Darwinism. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Igor Popov ; translated by Natalia Lentsman.
• Authors: Popov, Igorʹ
• Other Names: Lentsman, Natalia translator.
• Contents: Intro; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; References; Part I: Orthogenesis: A History; Chapter 2: The Sources. Formation of the Concept of Directed Evolution in the Nineteenth Century; References; Chapter 3: Evolutionary Biology at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. New Concepts of Directed Evolution in the 1900-1930s; References; Chapter 4: Declarations in Favour of Orthogenesis in the 1900-1930s; References; Chapter 5: Orthogenesis and the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis; References; Chapter 6: New Concepts of Directed Evolution in the Recent History of Evolutionary Biology; References Chapter 7: Statements in Support of Orthogenesis in the 1950s and LaterReferences; Part II: Orthogenesis: Pro et Contra; Chapter 8: "Laws" in Biology; References; Chapter 9: Species Senescence; References; Chapter 10: Adaptation or Non-adaptation?; References; Chapter 11: Anticipation, Parallelisms and Convergences; References; Chapter 12: Constraints on Variation; References; Chapter 13: Direct Impact of the Environment on Evolution and the Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics; References; Chapter 14: Mystics or Unrealised Synthesis?; References; Chapter 15: Conclusion; References; Index
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 576.8; Life sciences; Evolution (Biology) -- History; Natural selection; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- General; Science -- Paleontology; Animal reproduction; Biology, life sciences; Palaeontology; Evolution (Biology); Animal genetics; Paleontology ; Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Evolution; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319951447; 3319951440
• Related ISBNs: 9783319951430; 3319951432
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 27, 2018).
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