The Hunterian Lectures in Comparative Anatomy May-June, 1837 - Couverture rigide

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9780226641898: The Hunterian Lectures in Comparative Anatomy May-June, 1837
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ISBN 10 : 0226641899 ISBN 13 : 9780226641898
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1992

Synopsis

Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892), comparative anatomist, colleague and later antagonist of Darwin, and head of the British Museum (Natural History), was a major figure in Victorian science, and one of the least well known. Historians of science have found Owen a difficult subject, partly because he seldom wrote at length about his theories of the nature of life. However, his contemporaries--Darwin, Lyell, Grant, Huxley, and others--certainly knew his ideas and agreed or argued with him while developing their own views.

Now, for the first time, modern readers may consult the single sustained exposition of his views that Owen ever provided: his Hunterian Lectures. Phillip Reid Sloan has transcribed and edited the seven surviving lectures and has written an introduction and commentary that situate this work in the context of Owen's life and the scientific life of the time. The lectures survey some of the history of comparative anatomy since Aristotle and draw on work by some of Owen's contemporaries. Their chief value, however, lies in Owen's elucidation of his own view on the relationships among various groups of living things.

"Owen is one of the linchpin figures of Victorian science. The publication of these lectures is important, and Sloan is to be commended for a fine transcription."--Adrian Desmond, University College, London

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À propos de l?auteur

Phillip R. Sloan is professor emeritus in the Program of Liberal Studies and the Program in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
1992
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226641899
ISBN 13 
9780226641898
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
356
Éditeur
Sloan Phillip R.
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Personne responsable
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9780226641904: The Hunterian Lectures in Comparative Anatomy, May-June, 1837

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ISBN 10 :  0226641902 ISBN 13 :  9780226641904
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1992
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