Program

Research Programs: Humanities, Science, and Technology

Period of Performance

7/1/1989 - 6/30/1993

Funding Totals

$95,000.00 (approved)
$95,000.00 (awarded)


Beetles, Embryos, & Descent of Man: Ernst Haeckel vs. Erich Wasmann in the Battle over Evolutionary Theory in Germany

FAIN: RH-20904-89

University of Chicago (Chicago, IL 60637-5418)
Robert J. Richards (Project Director: October 1988 to January 1994)

To support a study of a series of debates between Ernst Haeckel, a 19th-century Darwinist, and Erich Wasmann, a biologist and theologian who was critical of evolutionary theory, in order to examine conflicts over Darwinism.





Associated Products

The meaning of evolution : the morphological construction and ideological reconstruction of Darwin's theory (Book)
Title: The meaning of evolution : the morphological construction and ideological reconstruction of Darwin's theory
Author: Richards, Robert J.
Year: 1992
Primary URL: https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=9780226712031
Primary URL Description: WorldCat entry
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 9780226712031