{"product_id":"evolution-before-darwin-bill-jenkins-9781474445788","title":"Evolution Before Darwin: Theories of the Transmutation of Species in Edinburgh, 1804-1834","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was long believed that evolutionary theories received an almost universally cold reception in British natural history circles in the first half of the nineteenth century. However, a relatively recently serious doubt has been cast on this assumption. This book shows that Edinburgh in the late 1820s and early 1830s was witness to a ferment of radical new ideas on the natural world, including speculation on the origin and evolution of life, at just the time when Charles Darwin was a student in the city. Those who were students in Edinburgh at the time could have hardly avoided coming into contact with these new ideas. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is the first major study of what was probably the most important centre or pre-Darwinian evolutionary thought in the British Isles. It sheds new light on the genesis and development of one of the most important scientific theories in the history of western thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Jenkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474445780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474445788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.20w x 0.70d","brand":"Bill Jenkins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43935514525951,"sku":"9781474445788","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c2cff44e-7efc-4952-95ee-71b95684f335.jpg?v=1681420238","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/evolution-before-darwin-bill-jenkins-9781474445788","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}