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Uncover the remarkable story of Darwin's ideas, how scientists and religious leaders reacted to them, and the sea of change in human thought that resulted.

Syllabus

  • 01: The Meaning of Evolution
  • 02: The Way It Used to Be
  • 03: Theories of Evolution in the 18th Century
  • 04: Fossils and Catastrophism
  • 05: Theories of Evolution Just before Darwin
  • 06: Why Evolution Was Rejected before Darwin
  • 07: Darwin's Conversion to Evolution
  • 08: What's in On the Origin of Species?
  • 09: How Origin Fared among Scientists
  • 10: The Religious Reaction to Darwinism
  • 11: The Social Implications of Evolution
  • 12: Evolution and Heredity
  • 13: A Nadir for Natural Selection
  • 14: Groundwork for Recovery
  • 15: Human Evolution
  • 16: The Scopes Trial
  • 17: Lamarckian Inheritance on Stage
  • 18: Forging an Evolutionary Synthesis
  • 19: Evolution and Molecular Biology
  • 20: The Rise of Biblical Creationism
  • 21: Tinkering with Evolutionary Theory
  • 22: The Heritage of Eugenics
  • 23: Intelligent Design
  • 24: Adding Things Up
  • By This Professor

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Frederick Gregory

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