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Reflections of a Nonpolitical Naturalist: Ernst Haeckel, Wilhelm Bleek, Friedrich Mueller and the Meaning of Language
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From Here to Eternity. Ernst Haeckel and Scientific Faith
No full textFrom Here to Eternity
A comprehensive scientific biography of German zoologist and evolutionist Ernst Haeckel. Haeckel moved beyond the Darwinian theory to replace the traditional worldview with a scientific monistic one, a true "scientific religion". The path of Haeckel'd development from his zooogical works infliuenced by Gegenbaur's morfolological method to his grand attempt to reform the entire field of human knowledge in the light of his monistic "Darwinismus" is outlined
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. Carl Gegenbaur, Ernst Haeckel, the Vertebral Theory of theSkull and the survival of Richard Owen
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Die Bedeutung Ernst zu sein: Thomas Henry Huxley zwischen Karl Ernst von Baer und Ernst Haeckel
No full textGoliath against the Neapolitan Camorra. The eternal Duel between Carl Gegenbaur and Anton Dohrn
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The Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe, 2 vols
No full textErnst Haeckel and Carl Gegenbaur were amongst the central characters of t he reception of Charles Darwin’s theories in Europe. They related evolution to their own work on zoology and morphology and saw the “Darwinismus” they developed as the strongest foundation for their interpretation of natural science in the light of morphology. More than morphology supporting Darwinism it was Darwinism supporting morphology. The true protagonist was Gegenbaur who used his remarkable academic power to attempt to establish morphology as the centre of natural science in German and some Europeans universities
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