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The Death of Adam: Evolution and its Impact on Western Thought
The Death of Adam Evolution and its Impact on Western Thought Author:John C Green The Death of Adame gives an appriciation of the interweaving of all branches of human thought. Connects the progress in bilogy with smilar progress in astronomy, geology, palentology, and anthropology. It describes how a new point of view came into natural history from natural philosophy. Shows how the Newtonian vision of the world was itself ov... more »erthrown soon after Darwin's death. Reveals the spiritual anxiety caused by the gradual crumbling static creationism. Delineates the leading ideas which entered into Darwin's great synthesis. Discusses Darin's own ideas on science, religion, race, progress, and economic competion.« less