Title: The spontaneous generation controversy from Descartes to Oparin /
Authors: Farley, John, 1936-
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,
Year: 1977
Subjects: Origin of Life; Life Origin.; Spontaneous generation.
Contents: Introduction -- Abhorrence of chance -- The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- The triumphant age of spontaneous generation -- Doubt and uncertainty -- the intermediate years: 1830-1859 -- Popularity restored -- the seventh decade in Germany and Britain -- The French coup de grace -- The law of genetic continuity -- the eighth decade in Britain and Germany -- Demise and recovery -- into the twentieth century: 1880-1930 -- Final abandonment -- 1936 to the present -- Appendix One: The life cycle of the fluke -- Appendix Two: The life cycle of the tapeworm.