紀錄類型: |
書目-電子資源
: Monograph/item
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杜威分類號: |
576.8 |
書名/作者: |
Darwin's corals : a new model of evolution and the tradition of Natural History // Horst Bredekamp ; translated, edited, and adapted by Elizabeth Clegg. |
作者: |
Bredekamp, Horst, |
其他作者: |
Clegg, Elizabeth. |
出版者: |
Berlin : : De Gruyter,, c2019. |
面頁冊數: |
1 online resource (x, 117 p.) : : ill (some col.), col. map. |
附註: |
Edition statement from page vii. |
標題: |
Evolution (Biology) |
標題: |
Phylogeny. |
標題: |
Natural history illustration. |
標題: |
Coral reefs and islands. |
標題: |
Corals in art. |
ISBN: |
9783110680317 |
書目註: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
摘要、提要註: |
To this day Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory of the "survival of the fittest" has been visualized with the universal model of a tree of life. But early on in Darwin's thinking the coral provided a fascinating alternative to the tree as a depiction of the evolution of the species. Horst Bredekamp shows how Darwin, a coral enthusiast and collector, found in it a more adequate illustration of evolution through natural selection: It grows anarchically in all directions and no longer upholds mankind as the "crown of creation." Using this example Darwin is proving himself to be both a destroyer and consummator of traditional natural philosophy. Since antiquity the coral had been a symbol of nature as a whole. |
電子資源: |
http://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110680317 |