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

Presents a survey of the development of evolutionary theory. This work 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 through the long span of geological time.

Uniform Title: Philosophie zoologique avant Darwin. English
Main Author: Perrier, Edmond, 1844-1921.
Other Authors: McBirney, Alexander R., Cook, Stanton A., Retallack, Greg J. 1951-, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
French
Published: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2009.
Dordrecht ; New York : [2009]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 266 pages) : illustrations.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.