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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Springer,
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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. |