Forerunners of Darwin, 1745-1859

Forerunners of Darwin, 1745-1859

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Publisher's Synopsis

Published to commemorate the centennial of the publication of Darwin's "Origin of Species", this volume brings together several important essays on the history of the idea of evolution. Included are discussions of Maupertuis, Buffon, Diderot, Kant, Herder, Lamarck, and Schopenhauer by such leading scholars as Arthur O. Lovejoy, Bentley Glass, Owsei Temkin, C. C. Gillispie, Francis C. Haber, and Jane Oppenheimer.

Book information

ISBN: 9780801802225
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 576.809
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xx, 471
Weight: 482g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 28mm