Creatures born of mud and slime : the wonder and complexity of spontaneous generation / Daryn Lehoux.
Pubblicazione:
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins university press, c2017.
Descrizione fisica:
177 p. ; 23 cm
Serie:
Singleton Center books in premodern Europe
Contiene:
Indice: Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Spontaneous generation in Aristotle 2. Aristotle and observational confidence 3. A blossoming of creatures 4. Inheritance and innovation 5. Interlude: Is life special? 6. Toward a showdown. Conclusion. Notes. References. Index