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Author Stott, Rebecca.

Title Darwin's ghosts : the secret history of evolution / Rebecca Stott. [Boundless electronic resource]

Publication Info. Spiegel & Grau, 2012.
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Contents 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 Encyclopedist, Edinburgh, 1844 -- Alfred Wallace's fevered dreams, Malay Archipelago, 1858.
Summary 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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Subject Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. On the origin of species.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Sources.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
On the origin of species (Darwin, Charles)
Evolution (Biology) -- History.
Scientists -- Biography.
Naturalists -- Biography.
Evolution (Biology)
Naturalists.
Scientists.
Genre Downloadable e-Books.
Electronic books.
Biography.
History.
Sources.
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ISBN 9780679604136 : $51.00
0679604138 : $51.00
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