Bibliograph

Darwin's ghosts, the secret history of evolution, Rebecca Stott

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Darwin's ghosts, the secret history of evolution, Rebecca Stott

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-376) and index

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contains biographical information

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illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Darwin's ghosts

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

754714047

Responsibility statement

Rebecca Stott

Sub title

the secret history of evolution

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

Table Of Contents

Darwin's list : Kent, 1859 -- Aristotle's eyes : Lesbos, 344 BC -- Worshipful curiosity of Jahiz : Basra & Baghdad, 850 -- Leonardo and the potter : Milan, 1493 ; Paris, 1570 -- Trembley's polyp : The Hague, 1740 -- Consul of Cairo : Cairo, 1708 -- Hotel of the Philosophers : Paris, 1749 -- Erasmus underground : Derbyshire, 1767 -- Jardin des Plantes : Paris, 1800 -- The sponge philosopher : Edinburgh, 1826 -- The encyclopedist : Edinburgh, 1844 -- Alfred Wallace's fevered dreams : Malay Archipelago, 1858 -- Appendix: Historical sketch of the recent progress of opinion on the Origin of species / by Charles Darwin

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