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Darwin's ghosts : the secret history of evolution
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- ISBN: 9781400069378 (hc.)
- ISBN: 1400069378 (hc.)
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Physical Description:
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xviii, 396 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-376) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Darwin's List, Kent, 1859 -- Aristotle's Eyes, Lesbos, 344 BC -- The Worshipful Curiosity of Jahiz, Basra and Baghdad, 850 -- Leonardo and the Potter, Milan, 1493; Paris, 1570 -- Trembley's Polyp, The Hague, 1740 -- The Consul of Cairo, Cairo, 1708 -- The Hotel of the Philosophers, Paris, 1749 -- Erasmus Underground, Derbyshire, 1767 -- The Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 1800 -- The Sponge Philosopher, Edinburgh, 1826 -- The Encyclopaedist, Edinburgh, 1844 -- Alfred Wallace's Fevered Dreams, Malay Archipelago, 1858 -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Darwin's "Historical Sketch." |
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| Subject: | Darwin, Charles -- 1809-1882 Darwin, Charles -- 1809-1882 -- Sources Evolution (Biology) -- History Scientists -- Biography Naturalists -- Biography |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Lansdowne Library | QH 361 S76 2012 (Text) | 26040002985261 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Portage la Prairie Regional Library | 576.82 STO (Text) | 3675000164715 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Salt Spring Island Public Library | 576.82 STO (Text) | 33123009180689 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
