The Coming of Evolution : The Story of a Great Revolution in Science (Paperback)

1. Introductory; 2. Origin of the idea of evolution; 3. The development of the idea of evolution to the inorganic world; 4. The triumph of catastrophism over evolution; 5. The revolt of Scrope and Lyell against catastrophism; 6. The Principles of Geology; 7. The influence of Lyell's works; 8. Early attempts to establish the doctrine of evolution for the organic world; 9. Darwin and Wallace; 10. The Origin of Species; 11. The influence of Darwin's works; 12. The place of Lyell and Darwin in history.