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Charles Darwin, the Copley Medal, and the rise of naturalism, 1861-1864
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- Creator
- Marsha Driscoll [and 3 others] ; in consultation with Frederick H. Burkhardt
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
- Physical Details
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- viii, 167 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781469670775, 1469670771, 9781469672281
- OCLC
- on1304815718
- Includes bibliographical references.
- The game -- Introduction: Welcome to Victorian England. The natural theologians ; The naturalists ; The social reformers -- Basic principles -- The play of the game. Game setting ; Royal Society meetings ; Your role in the Royal Society ; The Copley Medal ; Special roles in the Council of the Royal Society -- Special rules. Retention of seat on the Council ; Disqualification for reading aloud ; Role of gamemaster, contact with instructor ; Student-initiated rule modifications ; A word in the use of props -- The main factions. A-men (opponents of Darwin) ; X-men (supporters of Darwin) -- Brief sketches of game characters. Historical and composite factional characters ; Indeterminate roles -- Proceedings of the Royal Society. Podium role ; Copley nominations ; Prelude to the game ; Detailed agenda (session by session) ; Summary table of agenda and assignments : protocol and parliamentary procedure -- Specific written and oral assignments -- Playing a natural philosopher or man of science in Victorian England. Introduction to the philosophical controversy ; The historical context : things you should know -- Appendices. Appendix A. Darwin, On the Origin of species (1859) -- Appendix B. Primary source documents. Samuel Wilberforce, Review of On the Origin of species ; John Lubbock, "Tact" ; Francis Bacon's Novum organum, 1620 (excerpts) ; William Paley, Natural theology; or, Evidences of the existence and attributes of the deity ; Charles Kingsley, "A nation's grief for a nation's loss" ; Sample prayers from The book of common prayer ; Song lyrics: "God save the Queen" ; Song lyrics: "All things bright and beautiful" -- Appendix C: Additional sources