Georges Cuvier, Fossil Bones, and Geological Catastrophes
Subtitle: New Translations and Interpretations of the Primary Texts
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: November 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780226731070
Subjects: Other prose: 19th century; Palaeontology; Science; French; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Geology; Life Sciences - Evolution; Paleontology; Science / Paleontology; History
First sentence: Georges Cuvier was born in 1769 in the town of Montbeliard, which was at that time the center of a small French-speaking Protestant territory belonging to the duchy of Wurttemberg.