The Evolution Debate 1813 1870 Omphalos

Download or read book The Evolution Debate, 1813-1870: Omphalos written by Philip Henry Gosse and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gosse argued that fossils are not really the remains of creatures which existed. Gosse's work was popular with neither Christians nor evolutionists.

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Download or read book Omphalos, 1857 written by Philip Gosse and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gosse argued that fossils are not really the remains of creatures which existed. God had created the world in six days, but had made it look like it was already ancient, complete with the remains of non-existent pre-historic life. Gosse's work was popular with neither Christians nor evolutionists.

Download or read book The Evolution Debate, 1813-1870 written by David Knight and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving away from his earlier belief in a short, catastrophic history of the Earth, Buckland's Treatise envisages instead progressive change as the Earth gradually cooled as it was prepared for human occupation.

Download or read book The Evolution Debate 1813–1870 written by Charles Darwin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Origin of Species caused an uproar when it was first published in 1859. Darwin's theory was that species had evolved from simpler organisms by natural selection acting upon the variability of populations. This view was directly opposed to the doctrine of special creation by God and angered the Church and Victorian public opinion. This volume is a facsimile of one of the original copies sent to the eminent geologist Leonard Horner. The volume also includes sample pages from Darwin's original handwritten manuscript; the exclusive property of the Natural History Museum.

Download or read book The Evolution Debate, 1813-1870: On the Origin of Species written by Charles Darwin and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Origin of Species caused an uproar when it was first published in 1859. Darwin's theory was that species had evolved from simpler organisms by natural selection acting upon the variability of populations. This view was directly opposed to the doctrine of special creation by God and angered the Church and Victorian public opinion. This volume is a facsimile of one of the original copies sent to the eminent geologist Leonard Horner. The volume also includes sample pages from Darwin's original handwritten manuscript; the exclusive property of the Natural History Museum.

Download or read book The Evolution Debate, 1813-1870: Geology and Mineralogy, Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, volume II written by William Buckland and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving away from his earlier belief in a short, catastrophic history of the Earth, Buckland's Treatise envisages instead progressive change as the Earth gradually cooled as it was prepared for human occupation.