ISBN10: 0300058209, ISBN13: 9780300058208, [publisher: Yale University Press, United States] Softcover Richard Owen (1804-92) was, after Darwin, the leading naturalist of nineteenth-century Britain. A distinguished anatomist and paleontologist, he was influential in Victorian scientific reform and in the debate over natural selection. Leader of the nineteenth-century museum movement, he founded London's monumental Natural History Museum, wrote and published copiously, and won every professional honor. This first full-fledged biography of Owen presents the complete range of his scientific and intellectual achievements. Nicolaas Rupke discusses Owen's epic power struggles with colleagues, the most notorious of which were with Darwin and Huxley. As a renowned opponent of natural selection, Owen became the bete noire of the Darwinian evolution debate. Rupke argues, however, that Owen should no longer be judged by the evolution dispute that was only a minor part of his work yet has come to dominate his memory. Instead, Rupke emphasizes and throws new light on a wide area of Owen's other activities. In particular, he explains the central division in Owen's scientific oeuvre between the functionalism of Oxbridge natural theology and the transcendentalism of German nature philosophy. Rupke shows that this was a fundamental extension of the intellectual and political maneuvering for control of Victorian cultural institutions and an inextricable part of ...

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Hardback. New. Richard Owen was, after Darwin, the leading naturalist of 19th century Britain. In the debate over natural selection, Owen was Darwin's most articulate and vociferous opponent. This book rehabilitates his image and provides a detailed account of the schism in Victorian scientific life. ISBN 0300058209 9780300058208 [GB]

New Haven: Yale University Press, Date: 1994. xviii, 462, 37 b/w illus. . HB. Fine in d/w.. Richard Owen (1804-1892) was, after Darwin, the leading naturalist of nineteenth-century Britain. A distinguished anatomist and palaeontologist, he was influential in Victorian scientific reform and in the debate over natural selection. Leader of the nineteenth-century museum movement, he founded London's monumental Natural History Museum, wrote and published copiously, and won every professional honour. Owen was, however, a controversial figure whose disagreements with colleagues developed into epic power struggles, the most notorious of which were with Darwin and Huxley. Owen was the most renowned opponent of natural selection. This first full-fledged biography of Owen presents the complete range of his scientific and intellectual achievements.. [9780300058208] 1994. Yale University Press ISBN 0300058209 9780300058208 [GB]

ISBN10: 0300058209, ISBN13: 9780300058208, [publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven] Hardcover xviii, 462, 37 b/w illus. . HB. Fine in d/w. Richard Owen (1804-1892) was, after Darwin, the leading naturalist of nineteenth-century Britain. A distinguished anatomist and palaeontologist, he was influential in Victorian scientific reform and in the debate over natural selection. Leader of the nineteenth-century museum movement, he founded London's monumental Natural History Museum, wrote and published copiously, and won every professional honour. Owen was, however, a controversial figure whose disagreements with colleagues developed into epic power struggles, the most notorious of which were with Darwin and Huxley. Owen was the most renowned opponent of natural selection. This first full-fledged biography of Owen presents the complete range of his scientific and intellectual achievements. [9780300058208]
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ISBN10: 0300058209, ISBN13: 9780300058208, [publisher: YALE UNIV PR] Hardcover Richard Owen was, after Darwin, the leading naturalist of 19th century Britain. In the debate over natural selection, Owen was Darwin s most articulate and vociferous opponent. This book rehabilitates his image and provides a detailed account of the schism .
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