“I often said before starting, that I had no doubt I should frequently repent of the whole undertaking.” So wrote Charles Darwin aboard The Beagle, bound for the Galapagos Islands and what would arguably become the greatest and most controversial discovery in scientific history. But the theory of evolution did not spring full-blown from the head of Darwin. Since the dawn of humanity, priests, philosophers, and scientists have debated the origin and development of life on earth, and with modern science, that debate shifted into high gear. In this lively, deeply erudite work, Pulitzer Prize–winning science historian Edward J. Larson takes us on a guided tour of Darwin’s “dangerous idea,” from its theoretical antecedents in the early nineteenth century to the brilliant breakthroughs of Darwin and Wallace, to Watson and Crick’s stunning discovery of the DNA double helix, and to the triumphant neo-Darwinian synthesis and rising sociobiology today. Along the way, Larson expertly places the scientific upheaval of evolution in cultural perspective: the social and philosophical earthquake that was the French Revolution; the development, in England, of a laissez-faire capitalism in tune with a Darwinian ethos of “survival of the fittest”; the emergence of Social Darwinism and the dark science of eugenics against a backdrop of industrial revolution; the American Christian backlash against evolutionism that culminated in the famous Scopes trial; and on to today’s world, where religious fundamentalists litigate for the right to teach “creation science” alongside evolution in U.S. public schools, even as the theory itself continues to evolve in new and surprising directions. Throughout, Larson trains his spotlight on the lives and careers of the scientists, explorers, and eccentrics whose collaborations and competitions have driven the theory of evolution forward. Here are portraits of Cuvier, Lamarck, Darwin, Wallace, Haeckel, Galton, Huxley, Mendel, Morgan, Fisher, Dobzhansky, Watson and Crick, W. D. Hamilton, E. O. Wilson, and many others. Celebrated as one of mankind’s crowning scientific achievements and reviled as a threat to our deepest values, the theory of evolution has utterly transformed our view of life, religion, origins, and the theory itself, and remains controversial, especially in the United States (where 90% of adults do not subscribe to the full Darwinian vision). Replete with fresh material and new insights, Evolution will educate and inform while taking readers on a fascinating journey of discovery.

Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory (Modern Library Chronicles)

History

Edward J. Larson

Americas

Modern Library

Professors who want to venture beyond the traditional land-based property coverage to include Intellectual Property and other emerging forms of Property Law will find this book ideally suited to their purposes. Property: Cases and Materials, Second Edition, fully integrates the law of tangible and intangible personal property with a thorough treatment of real Property Law. Charting a course through contemporary property law, this casebook: <ul>
<li> provokes debate over fundamental questions from multiple perspectives </li> <li> shows how a body of law develops over time and responds to changing social and technological environments </li> <li> offers stand-alone chapters that can be reordered or omitted to accommodate time constraints and teaching objectives </li> <li> provides transitional material and explanatory notes </li> <li> incorporates appellate decisions, statutes, regulations, administrative decisions, law review articles, and non-legal materials </li> <li> presents a compelling selection of principal cases, such as <ul>
<li> Elvis Presley International Memorial Foundation v. Crowell </li> <li> Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. </li> <li> Dred Scott v. Sandford o Popov v. Hayashi </li> <li> Neponsit Property Owners' Ass'n v. Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank </li> <li> The Barbed Wire Patent </li> <li> Johnson v. Macintos </li> <li> Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. </li> </ul>
</li> <li> features a comprehensive Teacher’s Manual </li> </ul>
 Thoroughly updated throughout, the Second Edition features: <ul>
<li> new units on cultural property and natural resources law, including water law </li> <li> numerous recent principal cases including: <ul>
<li> Kelo v. City of New London, on eminent domain </li> <li> Georgia v. Randolph, on protecting a cotenant from a police search that was authorized by another owner </li> <li> Gormley v. Robertson, on the evolving law of property rights for same-sex couples </li> <li> Philip Morris, Inc. v. Reilly, on regulatory takings of trade secrets </li> <li> Wilderness Watch v. Mainella, on the protection of Cumberland Island as a wilderness area </li> <li> Corliss v. Wenner, on finder's rights to treasure trove </li> <li> Carson Harbor Village, Ltd. v. Unocal Corporation, on liability for environmental contamination </li> </ul>
</li> </ul>
 Property: Cases and Materials, now in a Second Edition, maps the full landscape of contemporary property law, bringing into focus basic land-based property law along with that other major promontory, intellectual property. As you chart a course through your next Property class, this may well be the casebook you’ll want to bring with you.

Property: Cases & Materials

John Copeland Nagle

John A. Kidwell

James C. Smith

Business

Aspen Publishers, Inc.

PLEASE NOTE: Teacher's Manual.  
***Property: Cases and Materials*** 2nd Edition, by James Charles Smith, Edward J. Larson, John Copeland Nagle, and John A. Kidwell.  386 Numbered pages.

Property: Cases and Materials

James Charles Smith

Aspen Publishers

Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership

"Larson's elegantly written dual biography reveals that the partnership of Franklin and Washington was indispensable to the success of the Revolution." --Gordon S. Wood&nbsp; From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes a masterful, first-of-its-kind dual biography of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, illuminating their partnership's enduring importance.&nbsp; One of&nbsp;USA Today's&nbsp;"Must-Read Books" of Winter 2020&nbsp; -&nbsp;&nbsp;One of&nbsp;Publishers Weekly's "Top Ten"&nbsp;Spring 2020 Memoirs/Biographies Theirs was a three-decade-long bond that, more than any other pairing, would forge the United States. Vastly different&nbsp;men, Benjamin Franklin--an abolitionist freethinker from the urban north--and George Washington--a slavehold­ing general from the agrarian south--were the indispensable authors of American independence and the two key partners in the attempt to craft a more perfect union at the Constitutional Convention, held in Franklin's Philadelphia and presided over by Washington. And yet their teamwork has been little remarked upon in the centuries since. Illuminating Franklin and Washington's relationship with striking new detail and energy, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian&nbsp;Edward J. Larson shows that theirs was truly an intimate working friendship that amplified the talents of each for collective&nbsp;advancement of the American project. During the French and Indian War, Franklin supplied the wagons for General Edward Braddock's ill-fated assault on Fort Duquesne, and Washington buried the general's body under the dirt road traveled by those retreating wagons. After long sup­porting British rule, both became key early proponents of inde­pendence. Rekindled during the Second Continental Congress in 1775, their friendship gained historical significance during the American Revolution, when Franklin led America's diplomatic&nbsp;mission in Europe (securing money and an alliance with France) and Washington commanded the Continental Army. Victory required both of these efforts to succeed, and success, in turn, required their mutual coordination and cooperation. In the 1780s, the two sought to strengthen the union, leading to the framing and ratification of the Constitution, the founding document that bears their stamp. Franklin and Washington--the two most revered figures&nbsp;in the early republic--staked their lives and fortunes on the American experiment in liberty and were committed to its preservation. Today the United States is the world's great super­power, and yet we also wrestle with the government Franklin and Washington created more than two centuries ago--the power of the executive branch, the principle of checks and balances, the electoral college--as well as the wounds of their compromise&nbsp;over slavery. Now, as the founding institutions appear under new stress, it is time to understand their origins through the fresh lens of Larson's&nbsp;Franklin & Washington,&nbsp;a major addition&nbsp;to the literature of the founding era. &nbsp;

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing

The Pulitzer Prize-winning book that is quite simply the best book ever written on the Scopes Trial and its place in American history and myth.In the summer of 1925, the sleepy hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the twentieth century's most contentious dramas: the Scopes trial that pitted William Jennings Bryan and the anti-Darwinists against a teacher named John Scopes in a famous debate over science, religion, and their place in public education. That trial marked the start of a battle that continues to this day--in Kansas; Dover, Pennsylvania; Cobb County, Georgia; and many other cities and states throughout the country.Edward Larson's classic, Summer for the Gods, received the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1998 and is the single most authoritative account of a pivotal event whose combatants remain at odds in school districts and courtrooms. For this edition, Larson has added a new preface that assesses the state of the battle between creationism and evolution and points the way to how it might potentially be resolved.

Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion

Hachette Audio and Blackstone Audio

[Read by Mark Bramhall]In this revelatory new look at our first citizen, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson masterfully chronicles how George Washington saved the United States by coming out of retirement four years after the Revolution to lead and unite the struggling new nation. Though the period between the Revolution and the presidency has previously been neglected in studies of Washington's life, Larson's startling reassessment shows that Washington's greatness in fact rests on these years - 1783 to 1789 - during which he completed a remarkable journey that secured the future of the nation. From a contented postmilitary life at Mount Vernon and his agonizing decision to return to public service; to his indispensable, though still underappreciated role in shaping the Constitution and securing its ratification; to his victory in the first federal elections and his inauguration in New York, The Return of George Washington is a landmark work that rightfully elevates our foremost Founding Father's ''forgotten years'' to a central place in the American story.After commanding the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, General George Washington shocked the world: he retired. In December 1783, Washington, the most powerful and popular man in the country, stepped down as commander-in-chief and returned to private life as a gentleman farmer. Yet as Washington found happiness in successfully growing his Virginia estate, the fledgling American experiment foundered. Under the Articles of Confederation, the states bickered and grew apart, debts accumulated, national security was neglected, and the economy faltered.When a Constitutional Convention was called to forge a new government, its chances of success were slim. Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and other leaders realized only one American could unite the fractious states. After months of anguish, Washington - reluctant but duty bound - answered the call and rode from his beloved Mount Vernon to Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 to preside over the convention. Although Washington is curiously overlooked in most accounts of the Constitution, Larson brilliantly uncovers Washington's vital role in shaping the convention - and shows how it was only with Washington's support and influence that the delegates passed, and the states later ratified, the Constitution that has guided our government to this day.

The Return of George Washington: 1783 -1789

HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio

Property: Cases and Materials (Aspen Casebook Series)

Aspen Publishing

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