Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844) : a visionary naturalist / Hervé Le Guyader ; translated by Marjorie Grene.
Pubblicazione:
Chicago : University of Chicago press, 2004.
Descrizione fisica:
302 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Note:
Tit. orig.: Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire : un naturaliste visionnaire
Contiene:
Indice: Introduction. 1. Two friends of forty years 2. The foundational work. Documents: 1. Anatomical philosophy: preliminary discourse (1818) 2. Anatomical philosophy: preliminary discourse (1822). 3. The provocative work. Documents: 1. Memoir on the organization of insects (1820) 2. General considerations on the vetebra (1822). 4. The affair of the crocodiles of Normandy 5. The public confrontation. Document: Principles of zoological philosophy (1830). 6. October 1830: the controversy reappears. Document: Funeral orations (1844). 7. The debate a century and a half later. Notes. Index
