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Autore |
McBirney Alex |
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Titolo |
The Philosophy of Zoology Before Darwin [[electronic resource] ] : A translated and annotated version of the original French text by Edmond Perrier / / by Alex McBirney, Stanton Cook |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2009 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2009.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (294 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Life sciences |
History |
Evolutionary biology |
Paleontology |
Zoology |
Life Sciences, general |
History of Science |
Evolutionary Biology |
Paleontology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Aristotle -- The Roman Period -- The Middle Ages and Renaissance -- Evolution of the Concept of Species -- Philosophers of the XVIIIth Century -- Buffon -- Lamarck -- Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire -- Georges Cuvier -- Debate between Cuvier and Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire -- Goethe -- Dugès -- The German Natural Philosophers -- The Theory of the Organic Types and its Consequences -- Louis Agassiz -- The Lower Animals -- Cell Theory and the Constitution of the Individual -- Embryology -- Species and their Modifications. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This long-overlooked survey of the development of evolutionary theory is by far the most thorough and balanced account of its kind. Unlike most of the recent Anglo-centric literature that tends to focus almost exclusively on Darwin and natural selection, it follows the work of naturalists of many nationalities who used paleontology, comparative |
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