Darwin

Charles Darwin was one of the most influential scholars of his time. His ideas continue to have a far-reaching impact and influence on modern thought in the arts and on society, as well as in science. With contributions from leading scholars and respected communicators, this collection of essays is written for the general reader but from the standpoint of the leading researcher. They explore how Darwin's work grew out of the ideas of his time, and how its influence spread to contemporary thinking about the limits of human evolution and the diversification of living species and their conservation. The book provides a full account of the legacy of Darwin in contemporary scholarship and thought.

Featuring contributions from Janet Browne, Jim Secord, Rebecca Stott, Paul Seabright, Steve Jones, Sean Carroll, Craig Moritz, Ana Carolina Carnaval and John Dupré, this book derives from a highly successful series of public lectures.

William Brown is the Master of Darwin College and Professor of Industrial Relations in the Economics Faculty at Cambridge University. His research has been concerned with collective bargaining, pay determination, incomes policy, payment systems, arbitration, minimum wages and the impact of legislative change. In 2002 he was awarded a CBE for services to employment relations.

Andrew C. Fabian is the Vice-Master of Darwin College and Royal Society Professor of Astronomy at the Institute of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge. His research interests centre on black holes and clusters of galaxies. He has organised several previous Darwin Lecture Series (Origins in 1986, Evolution in 1995 and Conflict, with Martin Jones, in 2005). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and was awarded an OBE in 2006.

In the second term of every academic year since 1986, Darwin College, Cambridge has organised a series of eight public lectures. Each series has been built around a single theme, approached in a multidisciplinary way, with each lecture prepared for a general audience by a leading authority on his or her subject. Collections of these lectures are published by Cambridge University Press.

Subjects covered in the series include:

DARWIN eds. William Brown and Andrew Fabian pb 9780521131957

SERENDIPITY eds. Mark de Rond and Iain Morley pb 9780521181815

IDENTITY eds. Giselle Walker and Elizabeth Leedham-Green pb 9780521897266

SURVIVAL ed. Emily Shuckburgh pb 9780521718206

CONFLICT eds. Martin Jones and Andrew Fabian hb 9780521839600

EVIDENCE eds. Andrew Bell, John Swenson-Wright and Karin Tybjerg pb 9780521710190

DNA: CHANGING SCIENCE AND SOCIETY ed. Torsten Krude hb 9780521823784

POWER eds. Alan Blackwell and David Mackay hb 9780521823717

SPACE eds. Francois Penz, Gregory Radick and Robert Howell hb 9780521823760

TIME ed. Katinka Ridderbos hb 9780521782937

THE BODY eds. Sean Sweeney and Ian Hodder hb 9780521782920

STRUCTURE eds. Wendy Pullan and Harshad Bhadeshia hb 9780521782586

SOUND eds. Patricia Kruth and Henry Stobart pb 9780521033831

MEMORY eds. Patricia Fara and Karalyn Patterson pb 9780521032186

EVOLUTION ed. Andrew Fabian pb 9780521032179

THE CHANGING WORLD eds. Patricia Fara, Peter Gathercole and Ronald Laski unavailable

COLOUR: ART AND SCIENCE eds. Trevor Lamb and Janine Bourriau unavailable

WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE? ed. Jean Khalfa pb 9780521566858

PREDICTING THE FUTURE ed. Leo Howe and Alan Wain pb 9780521619745

UNDERSTANDING CATASTROPHE ed. Janine Bourriau pb 9780521032193

WAYS OF COMMUNICATING ed. D. H. Mellor pb 9780521019040

THE FRAGILE ENVIRONMENT ed. Laurie Friday and Ronald Laskey pb 9780521422666

ORIGINS ed. Andrew Fabian pb 9780521018197

William Brown and Andrew C. Fabian

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication dataDarwin / edited by William Brown and A. C. Fabian.p. cm. – (Darwin College lectures ; 23)ISBN 978-0-521-13195-7 (pbk.)1. Darwin, Charles, 1809–1882–Influence. 2. Evolution (Biology) I. Brown, William Arthur.II. Fabian, A. C., 1948– III. Title. IV. Series.QH366.2.D34184 2010576.8′2092–dc222010010000

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Contents

Contributors

Janet Browne

Jim A. Secord

Rebecca Stott

Paul Seabright

Steve Jones

Sean B. Carroll

Craig Moritz

Ana Carolina Carnaval

John Dupré