Peter J. Bowler

His 1983 book The Eclipse of Darwinism: Anti-Darwinian Evolution Theories in the Decades Around 1900 describes (in a phrase of Julian Huxley's) the scientific predominance of other evolutionary theories which led many to minimise the significance of natural selection, in the first part of the twentieth century before genetics was reconciled with natural selection in the modern synthesis.

In the 1970s he taught at the School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang.

Current research is on the production of popular science literature in early twentieth-century Britain, with particular emphasis on the role played by professional scientists.

[2] Bowler discusses the attempts by Victorian scientists to promote science for public understanding and the increasing accessibility of popular science works.

He has made appearances on local radio, including interviews with William Crawley on BBC Radio Ulster shows TalkBack and Sunday Sequence - here he defended evolution and highlighted the non-scientific nature of creationism.