Darwin's ghosts
Subtitle: the secret history of evolution
By: Rebecca Stott
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau; n/a
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781400069378; 9780679604136
Subjects: Sources; Scientists; Evolution (Biology); Naturalists; Biography; History
Description: Evolution was not discovered single-handedly, Rebecca Stott argues, contrary to what has become standard lore, but is an idea that emerged over many centuries, advanced by daring individuals across the globe who had the imagination to speculate on nature's extraordinary ways, and who had the courage to articulate such speculations at a time when to do so was often considered heresy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Darwin's List, Kent, 1859; title: Aristotle's Eyes, Lesbos, 344 BC; title: The Worshipful Curiosity of Jahiz, Basra and Baghdad, 850; title: Leonardo and the Potter, Milan, 1493; Paris, 1570; title: Trembley's Polyp, The Hague, 1740; title: The Consul of Cairo, Cairo, 1708; title: The Hotel of the Philosophers, Paris, 1749; title: Erasmus Underground, Derbyshire, 1767; title: The Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 1800; title: The Sponge Philosopher, Edinburgh, 1826; title: The Encyclopaedist, Edinburgh, 1844; title: Alfred Wallace's Fevered Dreams, Malay Archipelago, 1858; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix: Darwin's "Historical Sketch."