Evolution before Darwin : theories of the transmutation of species in Edinburgh, 1804-1834.
Evolutionary theories are believed to have received a cold reception in British natural history circles in the early 19th century, but recently serious doubt has been cast on this assumption. This book is a major study of what was the most important centre of pre-Darwinian evolutionary thought in th...
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Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press,
2019.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Edinburgh's university and medical schools in the early nineteenth century
- 3. Natural history in Edinburgh, 1779-1832
- 4. Geology and evolution
- 5. Edinburgh and Paris
- 6. The legacy of the 'Edinburgh Lamarckians'
- 7. Conclusion.