Inscribed to Stephen Jay Gould

Monad to Man: The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology

Ruse, Michael

Notes: A survey of the idea of progress, or the idea of continuous improvement of living creatures over time. In addition to reviewing the literature, Ruse interviewed some of the leading evolutionary theorists in the course of writing this book.

Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Ruse to Stephen Jay Gould, whose objection to the idea of progress is reviewed in these pages. "To Stephen Jay Gould, in friendship. Michael Ruse. Guelph, August 1997." Gould cites this book in his opus, The Structure of Evolutionary Theory.

Publication: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996.

ISBN: 9780674582200

Item No: #105087

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