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The Cuvier-Geoffrey Debate

By Toby Appel

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The Cuvier-Geoffrey Debate

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For scientists, no event better represents the contest between form and function as the chief organizing principle of life as the debate between Georges Cuvier and Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. This book presents the first comprehensive study of the celebrated French scientific controversy that focused the attention of naturalists in the first decades of the nineteenth century on the conflicting claims of teleology, morphology, and evolution, which ultimately contributed to the making of Darwin's theory. This history describes not only the scientific dimensions of the controversy and its impact on individuals and institutions, but also examines the meaning of the debate for culture and society in the years before Darwin.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
1987-03-26
Publication Date:
1987-03-26
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0195041380
ISBN13:
9780195041385
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
669 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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