{"product_id":"the-arrival-of-the-fittest-biologys-imaginary-futures-1900-1935-paperback","title":"The Arrival of the Fittest: Biology's Imaginary Futures, 1900-1935 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Endersby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the early twentieth century, varied audiences took biology out of the hands of specialists and transformed it into mass culture, transforming our understanding of heredity in the process.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the early twentieth century communities made creative use of the new theories of heredity in circulation at the time, including the now largely forgotten mutation theory of Hugo de Vries. Science fiction writers, socialists, feminists, and utopians are among those who seized on the amazing possibilities of rapid and potentially controllable evolution. De Vries's highly respected scientific theory only briefly captured the attention of the scientific community, but its many fans appropriated it for their own wildly imaginative ends. Writers from H.G. Wells and Edith Wharton to Charlotte Perkins Gilman, J.B.S. Haldane, and Aldous Huxley created a new kind of imaginary future, which Jim Endersby calls the biotopia. It took the ambiguous possibilities of biology--utopian and dystopian--and reimagined them in ways that still influence the public's understanding of the life sciences. \u003ci\u003eThe Arrival of the Fittest\u003c\/i\u003e recovers the fascinating, long-forgotten origins of ideas that have informed works of fiction from \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e to the \u003ci\u003eX-Men\u003c\/i\u003e movies, all while reflecting on the lessons--positive and negative--that this period might offer us.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Endersby\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of the history of science at the University of Sussex. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eOrchid: A Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImperial Nature: Joseph Hooker and the Practices of Victorian Science\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Guinea Pig's History of Biology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44246389260339,"sku":"9780226837567","price":160.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2191\/6467\/files\/tP85vRAEo29780226837567.webp?v=1777672907","url":"https:\/\/thereadinghousebookcompany.com\/products\/the-arrival-of-the-fittest-biologys-imaginary-futures-1900-1935-paperback","provider":"The Reading House Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}