LEADER 03521nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910818600403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a90-481-3009-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-90-481-3009-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000785027 035 $a(EBL)478102 035 $a(OCoLC)458562954 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000319423 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11225029 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000319423 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10336863 035 $a(PQKB)10083533 035 $a(DE-He213)978-90-481-3009-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC478102 035 $a(PPN)139952292 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000785027 100 $a20091023d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe philosophy of zoology before Darwin $ea translated and annotated version of the original French text by Edmond Perrier : originally published by Felix Alcan, Paris in 1884 /$ftranslated by Alex McBirney, with annotations by Stanton Cook and Gregory Retallack 205 $a1st ed. 2009. 210 $aDordrecht ;$aNew York $cSpringer$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (294 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a94-007-9145-3 311 $a90-481-3008-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAristotle -- 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. 330 $aThis 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 anatomy, and embryology in order to establish a linear continuity of evolving life though the long span of geological time. Thorough historical survey of the development of the concept of evolution before the publication of Darwin?s 'The Origin of Species'. Providing an alternative view of the recent literature and journal articles commemorating Darwin?s 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of publication of 'The Origin of Species'. Richly annotated with up to date information and explanations of the changing concepts and terminology as well as featuring an extensive Glossary and Biographical index. 606 $aZoology$xHistory 606 $aZoology$xPhilosophy 606 $aEvolution$xPhilosophy 615 0$aZoology$xHistory. 615 0$aZoology$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aEvolution$xPhilosophy. 676 $a590.9 700 $aPerrier$b Edmond$f1844-1921.$084678 701 $aMcBirney$b Alexander R$0771784 701 $aCook$b Stanton A$01758116 701 $aRetallack$b Greg J$g(Greg John),$f1951-$0896573 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818600403321 996 $aThe philosophy of zoology before Darwin$94196239 997 $aUNINA