{"product_id":"evolution-before-darwin-bill-jenkins-9781474445795","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 1474445799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474445795\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 08\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.49d","brand":"Bill Jenkins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990451781887,"sku":"9781474445795","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78e45138-8245-47ae-8ec1-51c6091e9cb1.jpg?v=1683304750","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/evolution-before-darwin-bill-jenkins-9781474445795","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}