Burrow, J. W. (John Wyon) 1935-2009

A history of histories : epics, chronicles, romances and inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the twentieth century by J. W Burrow( Book )

41 editions published between 2007 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 1,196 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Treating the practice of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the culture of the West, John Burrow magnificently brings to life and explains the distinctive qualities found in the work of historians from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks to the present

Evolution and society: a study in Victorian social theory by J. W Burrow( Book )

63 editions published between 1966 and 1986 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,175 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The crisis of reason : European thought, 1848-1914 by J. W Burrow( Book )

24 editions published between 2000 and 2002 in 3 languages and held by 956 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Burrow examines the impact of science and social thought on European intellectual life prior to World War I. He considers ideas in physics, social evolution and social Darwinism, and anxieties about modernity and personal identity

Charles Darwin and the origin of species by Walter Karp( Book )

4 editions published between 1968 and 1969 in English and held by 946 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A biography of the naturalist who presented the world with the theory of evolution by natural selection. Examines Darwin's voyage on the Beagle, the long years of work and illness, the principles of his theory, and the reception by the scientists and populace of nineteenth century England. Paintings, drawings, and photographs illustrate Darwin's personal life and professional studies

The origin of species by Charles Darwin( Book )

45 editions published between 1959 and 2000 in English and held by 813 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The publication of Darwin's The Origin of Species in 1859 marked a dramatic turning point in scientific thought. The volume had taken Darwin more than twenty years to publish, in part because he envisioned the storm of controversy it was certain to unleash. Indeed, selling out its first edition on its first day, The Origin of Species revolutionized science, philosophy, and theology. Darwin's reasoned, documented arguments carefully advance his theory of natural selection and assertion that species were not created all at once by a divine hand but started with a few simple forms that mutated and adapted over time. Whether commenting on his own ill health, discussing his experiments to test instinct in bees, or relating a conversation about a South American burrowing rodent, Darwin's monumental achievement is surprisingly personal and delightfully readable. Its ideas remain extremely profound even today, making it the most influential book in the natural sciences ever written -- a work not just important to its time, but to the history of humankind

A liberal descent : Victorian historians and the English past by J. W Burrow( Book )

24 editions published between 1981 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 730 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

That noble science of politics : a study in nineteenth-century intellectual history by Stefan Collini( Book )

23 editions published between 1983 and 2011 in English and held by 623 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"In this unusual and important work, three well-known historians of ideas examine the diverse forms taken in nineteenth-century Britain by the aspiration to develop what was then known as a 'science of politics'. This aspiration encompassed a more extensive and ambitious range of concerns than is implied by the modern term 'political science': in fact, as this book demonstrates, it remained the overarching category under which many nineteenth-century thinkers grouped their attempts to achieve systematic understanding of man's common life. As a result of both the over-concentration on closed abstract systems of thought and the intrusion of concerns which pervade much writing in the history of political theory and of the social sciences, these attempts have since been neglected or misrepresented. By deliberately avoiding such approaches, this book restores the subject to its centrality in the intellectual life and political culture of nineteenth-century Britain"--Publisher description

Gibbon by J. W Burrow( Book )

12 editions published in 1985 in English and Undetermined and held by 528 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Biografi om Edward Gibbon, forfatter til bl. a. "The decline and fall of the Roman Empire"

Whigs and liberals : continuity and change in English political thought by J. W Burrow( Book )

15 editions published between 1988 and 2001 in English and held by 395 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The history of the Norman conquest of England by Edward A Freeman( Book )

5 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 307 WorldCat member libraries worldwide