{"product_id":"vestiges-of-the-natural-history-robert-chambers-9780226100739","title":"Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation and Other Evolutionary Writings","description":"Originally published anonymously in 1844, \u003ci\u003eVestiges\u003c\/i\u003e proved to be as controversial as its author expected. Integrating research in the burgeoning sciences of anthropology, geology, astronomy, biology, economics, and chemistry, it was the first attempt to connect the natural sciences to a history of creation. The author, whose identity was not revealed until 1884, was Robert Chambers, a leading Scottish writer and publisher. \u003ci\u003eVestiges\u003c\/i\u003e reached a huge popular audience and was widely read by the social and intellectual elite. It sparked debate about natural law, setting the stage for the controversy over Darwin's \u003ci\u003eOrigin.\u003c\/i\u003e In response to the surrounding debate and criticism, Chambers published \u003ci\u003eExplanations: A Sequel, \u003c\/i\u003e in which he offered a reasoned defense of his ideas about natural law, castigating what he saw as the narrowness of specialist science. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a new introduction by James Secord, a bibliography of reviews, and a new index, this volume adds to \u003ci\u003eVestiges\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eExplanations\u003c\/i\u003e Chambers's earliest works on cosmology, an essay on Darwin, and an autobiographical essay, raising important issues about the changing meanings of popular science and religion and the rise of secular ideologies in Western culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Chambers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226100731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226100739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 5.58w x 1.45d","brand":"Robert Chambers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44919634395391,"sku":"9780226100739","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6bd2c792-a525-4271-883c-2a95cfec635b.jpg?v=1710359051","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vestiges-of-the-natural-history-robert-chambers-9780226100739","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}