# The Coming of Evolution: The Story of a Great Revolution in Science

Author: Judd, John W. (John Wesley), 1840-1916

Genre: Category: History - Modern (1750+)

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31316

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Coming+of+Evolution%3A+The+Story+of+a+Great+Revolution+in+Science+Judd&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

When the history of the Nineteenth Century--'the Wonderful Century,' as it has, not inaptly, been called--comes to be written, a foremost place must be assigned to that great movement by which evolution has become the dominant factor in scientific progress, while its influence has been felt in every sphere of human speculation and effort. At the beginning of the Century, the few who ventured to entertain evolutionary ideas were regarded by their scientific contemporaries, as wild visionaries or harmless 'cranks'--by the world at large, as ignorant 'quacks' or 'designing atheists.' At the end of the Century, evolution had not only become the guiding principle of naturalists, but had profou...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-coming-of-evolution-the-story-of-a-great-revolution-in-science-31316/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-coming-of-evolution-the-story-of-a-great-revolution-in-science-31316/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-coming-of-evolution-the-story-of-a-great-revolution-in-science-31316/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-coming-of-evolution-the-story-of-a-great-revolution-in-science-31316/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-coming-of-evolution-the-story-of-a-great-revolution-in-science-31316/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-coming-of-evolution-the-story-of-a-great-revolution-in-science-31316/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-coming-of-evolution-the-story-of-a-great-revolution-in-science-31316/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-coming-of-evolution-the-story-of-a-great-revolution-in-science-31316/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-coming-of-evolution-the-story-of-a-great-revolution-in-science-31316/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-coming-of-evolution-the-story-of-a-great-revolution-in-science-31316/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-coming-of-evolution-the-story-of-a-great-revolution-in-science-31316/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-coming-of-evolution-the-story-of-a-great-revolution-in-science-31316/chapters/1/index.md)