Introduction to the Study of Natural History Edited and Annotated by Christoph Irmscher

This book features Louis Agassiz’s seminal lecture course in which the Swiss-American scientist, a self-styled “American Humboldt,” summarized the state of zoological knowledge in his time. Though Darwin’s theory of evolution would soon dismantle his idealist science, Agassiz’s lectures are nonethel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Agassiz, Louis
Other Authors: Irmscher, Christoph (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
Series:Classic Texts in the Sciences
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Louis Agassiz: Introduction to the StuBldy of Natural History
  • Commentary and Notes
  • Bibliography