Louis Agassiz

A Life in Science

Häftad, Engelska, 1988

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Beskrivning

A giant of nineteenth-century natural history study, Louis Agassiz made major contributions to modern knowledge of geology, paleontology, and zoology. Agassiz's fame in America was largely as a popularizer of natural history and teacher of advanced students. Founding the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard was his lasting teaching and research achievement, and the Smithsonian Institution and National Academy of Sciences benefited from his impulse to professionalize science. A life-long opponent of the theory of evolution. Agassiz affirmed the magnificence of God's plan to all who would "study nature, not books".

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1988-11-26
Mått:149 x 229 x 29 mm
Vikt:794 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:504
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9780801837432

Utforska kategorier

Biografi: historia, politik och försvar inom Biografier

Mer om författaren

Edward Lurie is professor of history, science, and culture at the University of Delaware and senior research fellow at the Hagley Museum and Library. He is the author of Nature and the American Mind and The Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.

Innehållsförteckning

1. The Formative Years 1807-18272. The Making of a Naturalist 1827-18323. From Switzerland to Boston 1832-18464. The American Welcome 1846-18505. Naturalist to America 1850-18576. Building a Museum 1857-18617. Agassiz, Darwin, and Transmutation 1859-18618. The Trials of a Public Man 1861-18669. The Past and the present 1866-1873Epilogue to the New Edition 1988NotesEssay on SourcesRcent SourcesIndex