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MR. CLODD has produced an interesting book, in which is told “the story of the origin of the Evolution idea in Ionia, and, after long arrest, of the revival of that idea in modern times, when its profound and permanent influence on thought in all directions, and, therefore, on human relations and conduct, is apparent.” The volume is divided into four parts, which deal successively with the Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Lucretius, the Arrest of Inquiry, the Renascence of Science, and Modern Evolution. It should be read by the great body of science students in our University Colleges and technical schools, who, too often, in following special branches of science, lose sight of the great generalisations which have, during the latter part of this century, so completely altered the complexion and tendency of ideas on every subject of thought.
Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley; with an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement.
By Edward Clodd. Pp. x + 250. (London: Grant Richards, 1897.)
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Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley; with an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement. Nature 56, 52 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/056052c0
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