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On the basis of extensive material in the form of letters,
pamphlets and the recollections of friends and contemporaries,
Jules Marcou (1824-1898) tells the story of the life and work of
Louis Agassiz in this two-volume work of 1896. The Swiss-born
palaeontologist, glaciologist and zoologist (1807-1873) is regarded
as one of the founding fathers of the modern American scientific
tradition. Marcou, a fellow countryman and collaborator of Agassiz,
does not attempt to conceal his high regard for the subject of his
biography but does have 'in view the truth'. In a chronological
narrative, Volume 1 traces the childhood and early professional
success of Agassiz, including his charming of the great von
Humboldt. It describes Agassiz' time as professor in Switzerland
and his marriage, ending with the arrival of Agassiz in America and
his first attempts at forging a university career there.
On the basis of extensive material in the form of letters,
pamphlets and the recollections of friends and contemporaries,
Jules Marcou (1824-1898) tells the story of the life and work of
Louis Agassiz in this two-volume work of 1896. The Swiss-born
palaeontologist, glaciologist and zoologist (1807-1873) is regarded
as one of the founding fathers of the modern American scientific
tradition. Marcou, a fellow countryman and collaborator of Agassiz,
does not attempt to conceal his high regard for the subject of his
biography but does have 'in view the truth'. In a chronological
narrative, Volume 2 tells of Agassiz' professorship at Harvard and
the founding in 1859 of the Museum of Contemporary Zoology, where
he remained as director until his death. Although Darwin believed
the Swiss scientist's theory on parallelisms provided evidence for
evolution, Agassiz was no evolutionist but saw the plan of God
everywhere in nature.
Title: Reply to the criticisms of James D. Dana: including Dana's
two articles with a letter of Louis Agassiz.Author: Jules
MarcouPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph
Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana,
1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and
other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to
the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of
discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the
U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans,
slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana
offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
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insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02223100CollectionID:
CTRG97-B1416PublicationDate: 18590101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: "Zurich (Switzerland), March 1859."--P. 36. Text in
English and French.Collation: 40 p.; 22 cm
Title: Geology of North America: with two reports on the prairies
of Arkansas and Texas, the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, and the
Sierra Nevada of California.Author: Jules MarcouPublisher: Gale,
Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed
bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926
contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works
about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early
1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery
and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil
War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP05384600CollectionID:
CTRG05-B10502PublicationDate: 18580101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Includes several reports and memoirs on American
geology that appeared in various scientific publications in 1855
and 1856--cf. Introd., p. 1].Collation: vi, 2], 144 p., 11 leaves
of plates (some fold.): ill., fold. maps; 33 x 25 cm
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