Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
Author | : Robert Chambers |
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Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1847 |
Genre | : Evolution |
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Author | : Robert Chambers |
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Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1847 |
Genre | : Evolution |
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Author | : James A. Secord |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 645 |
Release | : 2003-09-20 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 022615825X |
Fiction or philosophy, profound knowledge or shocking heresy? When Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation was published anonymously in 1844, it sparked one of the greatest sensations of the Victorian era. More than a hundred thousand readers were spellbound by its startling vision—an account of the world that extended from the formation of the solar system to the spiritual destiny of humanity. As gripping as a popular novel, Vestiges combined all the current scientific theories in fields ranging from astronomy and geology to psychology and economics. The book was banned, it was damned, it was hailed as the gospel for a new age. This is where our own public controversies about evolution began. In a pioneering cultural history, James A. Secord uses the story of Vestiges to create a panoramic portrait of life in the early industrial era from the perspective of its readers. We join apprentices in a factory town as they debate the consequences of an evolutionary ancestry. We listen as Prince Albert reads aloud to Queen Victoria from a book that preachers denounced as blasphemy vomited from the mouth of Satan. And we watch as Charles Darwin turns its pages in the flea-ridden British Museum library, fearful for the fate of his own unpublished theory of evolution. Using secret letters, Secord reveals how Vestiges was written and how the anonymity of its author was maintained for forty years. He also takes us behind the scenes to a bustling world of publishers, printers, and booksellers to show how the furor over the book reflected the emerging industrial economy of print. Beautifully written and based on painstaking research, Victorian Sensation offers a new approach to literary history, the history of reading, and the history of science. Profusely illustrated and full of fascinating stories, it is the most comprehensive account of the making and reception of a book (other than the Bible) ever attempted. Winner of the 2002 Pfizer Award from the History of Science Society
Author | : Samuel Laing |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 1846 |
Genre | : Evolution |
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Author | : Robert Chambers |
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Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1846 |
Genre | : Creation |
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Author | : Robert Chambers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1846 |
Genre | : Evolution |
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Author | : Robert Chambers |
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Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1860 |
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Author | : Robert Chambers |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2018-09-20 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3734017890 |
Reproduction of the original: Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Robert Chambers
Author | : Robert Chambers |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 708 |
Release | : 1994-08-15 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780226100739 |
Originally published anonymously in 1844, Vestiges 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. Vestiges 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 Origin. In response to the surrounding debate and criticism, Chambers published Explanations: A Sequel, in which he offered a reasoned defense of his ideas about natural law, castigating what he saw as the narrowness of specialist science. With a new introduction by James Secord, a bibliography of reviews, and a new index, this volume adds to Vestiges and Explanations 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.
Author | : Robert Chambers |
Publisher | : Franklin Classics Trade Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2018-10-27 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780344306334 |
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Author | : Charles Darwin |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2010-05-13 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0191614769 |
'Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin' On topics ranging from intelligent design and climate change to the politics of gender and race, the evolutionary writings of Charles Darwin occupy a pivotal position in contemporary public debate. This volume brings together the key chapters of his most important and accessible books, including the Journal of Researches on the Beagle voyage (1845), the Origin of Species (1871), and the Descent of Man, along with the full text of his delightful autobiography. They are accompanied by generous selections of responses from Darwin's nineteenth-century readers from across the world. More than anything, they give a keen sense of the controversial nature of Darwin's ideas, and his position within Victorian debates about man's place in nature. The wide-ranging introduction by James A. Secord, Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project, explores the global impact and origins of Darwin's work and the reasons for its unparalleled significance today. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.