Darwin's ghosts : the secret history of evolution / Rebecca Stott.
Evolution was not discovered single-handedly, Rebecca Stott argues, contrary to what has become standard lore, but is an idea that emerged over many centuries, advanced by daring individuals across the globe who had the imagination to speculate on nature's extraordinary ways, and who had the courage to articulate such speculations at a time when to do so was often considered heresy.
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- ISBN: 9781400069378 (hc.)
- ISBN: 1400069378 (hc.)
- Physical Description: xviii, 396 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2012.
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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. On the origin of species. Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 > Sources. Evolution (Biology) > History. Scientists > Biography. Naturalists > Biography. |
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