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 |
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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.