The philosophy of zoology before Darwin:a translated and annotated version of the original French text by Edmond Perrier : originally published by Fâelix Alcan, Paris in 1884

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Main Authors: Perrier Edmond. 1844-1921.
Group Author: McBirney Alexander R.; Cook Stanton A.; Retallack Greg J.; (Greg John), 1951-
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: Dordrecht
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xx, 266 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9789048130085 (alk. paper)
9048130085 (alk. paper)
Index Number: Q95
CLC: Q95-05
Call Number: Q95-05/P457
Contents: "Originally published by Felix Alcan, Paris in 1884."--T.p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-228) and index.
Introduction -- 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 -- Geothe -- 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.