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Georges Cuvier, Fossil Bones, and Geological Catastrophes - New Translations and Interpretations of the Primary Texts (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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Georges Cuvier, Fossil Bones, and Geological Catastrophes - New Translations and Interpretations of the Primary Texts (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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Until quite recently, French zoologist Georges Cuvier (1769-1832)
opposed the biological theory of evolution, and championed the
geological theory of catastrophism; but his research on fossils
helped form and bring credibility to geology and palaeontology, and
recent research has proved that his ideas on the importance of mass
extinctions and catastrophes were well ahead of their time. In this
volume, Martin Rudwick provides a modern translation of Cuvier's
essential writings on fossils and catastrophes, together with two
previously unpublished pieces. Rudwick links these translated texts
together with his own narrative and interpretive commentary,
placing Cuvier's work in its biographical, scientific, and social
context. A major feature of this book is a translation of Cuvier's
best-known work, the "Preliminary Discourse" (1812). Frequently
reprinted and translated, this essay became a key document in
19th-century debates about evolutionary theory, and can still be
used as source material by many English-speaking historians.
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