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- ISBN-13
- 9789400791459
- Book Title
- The Philosophy of Zoology Before Darwin
- ISBN
- 9789400791459
- Subject Area
- Biography & Autobiography, Science
- Publication Name
- Philosophy of Zoology Before Darwin : A Translated and Annotated Version of the Original French Text by Edmond Perrier
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Subject
- Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / General, Environmentalists & Naturalists, History
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Number of Pages
- Xx, 266 Pages
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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, Lycée Edmond Perrier. In 1864 he was accepted to the École Normale Supérieure, 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 Muséum 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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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
ISBN-10
9400791453
ISBN-13
9789400791459
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Publication Name
Philosophy of Zoology Before Darwin : A Translated and Annotated Version of the Original French Text by Edmond Perrier
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / General, Environmentalists & Naturalists, History
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Science
Number of Pages
Xx, 266 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Qh301-705
Reviews
From the reviews: "The 20 chapters cover a range of pre-Darwin naturalists and scholars, primarily discussing their ideas with admirable conciseness and perspective. Rarely does a relatively short opus address so much in such detail as this one. Cook and Retallack ... supply a comprehensive glossary of terms and a 'Biographical Index.' ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. All collections." (F. S. Szalay, Choice, Vol. 47 (7), March, 2010) The Philosophy of Zoology Before Darwin. A Translated and Annotated Version of the Original French Text by Emond Perrier is a welcome and much-needed addition to a huge volume of literature in the history of biology. As McBirney notes in his introduction to this translation, he was surprised to find Perrier's history so ignored within the canon of history of biology. Perrier's history provides a unique synthesis of pre-Darwinian philosophical assumptions--he traces these premises throughout the centuries and millennia of their influence in his short, informative, biographical sketches. The book is a solid reminder of a time in the history of biology when history itself carried legitimate explanatory power. Review by Lydia Pyne, PaleoAnthropology 2010, From the reviews: "The 20 chapters cover a range of pre-Darwin naturalists and scholars, primarily discussing their ideas with admirable conciseness and perspective. Rarely does a relatively short opus address so much in such detail as this one. Cook and Retallack ... supply a comprehensive glossary of terms and a 'Biographical Index.' ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. All collections." (F. S. Szalay, Choice, Vol. 47 (7), March, 2010) The Philosophy of Zoology Before Darwin. A Translated and Annotated Version of the Original French Text by Emond Perrier is a welcome and much-needed addition to a huge volume of literature in the history of biology. As McBirney notes in his introduction to this translation, he was surprised to find Perrier's history so ignored within the canon of history of biology. Perrier's history provides a unique synthesis of pre-Darwinian philosophical assumptions--he traces these premises throughout the centuries and millennia of their influence in his short, informative, biographical sketches. The book is a solid reminder of a time in the history of biology when history itself carried legitimate explanatory power. Review by Lydia Pyne, PaleoAnthropology 2010
Table of Content
Aristotle.- The Roman Period.- The Middle Ages and Renaissance.- Evolution of the Concept of Species.- Philosophers of the XVIIIth Century.- Buffon.- Lamarck.- Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire.- Georges Cuvier.- Debate between Cuvier and Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire.- Goethe.- Dugès.- The German Natural Philosophers.- The Theory of the Organic Types and its Consequences.- Louis Agassiz.- The Lower Animals.- Cell Theory and the Constitution of the Individual.- Embryology.- Species and their Modifications.
Copyright Date
2009
Dewey Decimal
590.9
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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