The Spirit of System Lamarck and Evolutionary Biology |
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| Author:
| Burkhardt, Richard W.
Burkhardt, Richard W. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-73136-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was at once a highly competent taxonomist in a traditional mold and a bold, almost visionary, philosopher of nature who aspired to contrive an all-embracing "physics of the earth" by sheer force of intellect. In this first modern book-length study of Lamarck, Richard Burkhardt examines the origin and development of his theory of organic evolution, the major theory prior to Darwin.
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was at once a highly competent taxonomist in a traditional mold and a bold, almost visionary, philosopher of nature who aspired to contrive an all-embracing "physics of the earth" by sheer force of intellect. In this first modern book-length study of Lamarck, Richard Burkhardt examines the origin and development of his theory of organic evolution, the major theory prior to Darwin.