Author: STOTT, REBECCA
Title: Darwin's ghosts : the secret history of evolution / Rebecca Stott
Description: New York : Spiegel & Grau 2012. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 396 pages; Description; xviii. 396 p. : ill. maps ; 25 cm. 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.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 -- Epilogue -- Appendix: An historical sketch of the recent progress of opinion on the Origin of species / by Charles Darwin. Subjects; Darwin. Charles. 1809-1882. On the origin of species. Darwin. Charles. 1809-1882--Sources. Evolution (Biology)--History. Scientists--Biography. Naturalists--Biography.Weight in Kg appr.:

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