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Charles Darwin and the Darwinian Tradition

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The chapter describes how historians have shifted from studying Darwin as an individual thinker to embrace a more panoramic cultural picture. Darwin’s rich archival record now reveals a great deal about nineteenth–century scientific practice. Fresh perspectives on evolutionary history and the so-called Darwinian revolution emerge by decentering Darwin.

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Browne, J. (2021). Charles Darwin and the Darwinian Tradition. In: Dietrich, M.R., Borrello, M.E., Harman, O. (eds) Handbook of the Historiography of Biology. Historiographies of Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90119-0_4

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