The Ovary of Eve
Subtitle: Egg and Sperm and Preformation
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: November 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780226669540
Subjects: Animal reproduction; Developmental biology; Human biology; Philosophy of science; Science; History - General History; Science/Mathematics; General; History; Science / History
First sentence: IT IS THE MIDDLE of the seventeenth century, and a highly mystical Dutchman, blessed with the most refined microscopic talent, is present at a convention of learned people in the country home of the Parisian gentleman Melchisedec Thevenot, a former representative of the French king in Genoa and well-traveled citizen of the world.