Erasmus Darwin
Subtitle: a life of unequalled achievement
By: by Desmond King-Hele.
Publisher: DLM
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
Subjects: Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802.; Naturalists -- England -- Biography.; Physicians -- England -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) was the grandfather of Charles Darwin. He is considered extraordinary in his scientific insight in physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology and all aspects of biology. "Two of his books, Zoonomia, which made him famous as the leading medical mind of the 1790s, and The Temple of Nature, a long poem, show that he believed life developed from microscopic specks in primeval seas through fishes and amphibians to "humankind"."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-405) and index.