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The Philosophy of Zoology Before Darwin - A translated and annotated version of the original French text by Edmond Perrier (Hardcover, 2009 ed.) Loot Price: R4,511
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The Philosophy of Zoology Before Darwin - A translated and annotated version of the original French text by Edmond Perrier...

The Philosophy of Zoology Before Darwin - A translated and annotated version of the original French text by Edmond Perrier (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)

Alex McBirney, Stanton Cook

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Jean Octave Edmond Perrier was a French zoologist who lived through the tumult of British Darwinism and Lyellism, and reminds us in this revealing account that French scientists had much to contribute to such perennial topics as evolution, catastrophism and creationism. While very much a product of the Third Republic, Perrier's account also aimed to outline timeless issues and permanent advances in taxonomic and developmental biology since classical Greece and Rome. In this aim he succeeds with surprisingly modern perspectives for a book first published in 1884. Perrier was born May 9, 1844 at Tulle, the son of the principal of a school which now bears his name, Lycee Edmond Perrier. In 1864 he was accepted to the Ecole Normale Superieure, where he was strongly influenced by Louis Pasteur and Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers. After working for three years at a high school in Agen, he obtained a post of naturalist-aid at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (1868), advancing in that institution to Chair of Natural History of Molluscs, Worms and Corals (1876-1903) and then Director of the museum (1900-1919) and Chair of Comparative Anatomy (1903-1921). Previous directors of the museum included many of the scientists he discusses in this book: George Cuvier (1822-1823, 1826-1827, 1830-1831), Isidore Geoffrey St Hilaire (1860- 1861), and Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1891-1900). Perrier's own research on echinoderms and earthworms took him on several expeditions in 1880-1885, mostly to Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, but also to the Caribbean."

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Imprint: Springer
Country of origin: Netherlands
Release date: August 2009
First published: 2009
Authors: Alex McBirney • Stanton Cook
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 266
Edition: 2009 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-90-481-3008-5
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > General
Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Palaeontology > General
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LSN: 90-481-3008-5
Barcode: 9789048130085

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