Zoological Philosophy: An Exposition with Regard to the Natural History of Animals (Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics)

Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine De Monet De

ISBN 10: 1108038425 / ISBN 13: 9781108038423

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 2011

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• Titre: Zoological Philosophy: An Exposition with Regard to the Natural History of Animals (Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics)
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1108038425
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781108038423
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Poids: 2 livres

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Lamarck outlined his theory of 'soft inheritance', which influenced Darwin, in this 1809 work, eventually translated into English in 1914.

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The great French zoologist Lamarck (1744–1829) was best known for his theory of evolution, called 'soft inheritance', whereby organisms pass down acquired characteristics to their offspring. Originally a soldier, Lamarck later studied medicine and biology. His distinguished career included admission to the French Academy of Sciences (1779), and appointments as Royal Botanist (1781) and as professor of zoology at the Musée Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793. Acknowledged as the premier authority on invertebrate zoology, he is credited with coining the term 'invertebrates'. In this 1809 work, translated into English in 1914, he outlines his theory that under the pressure of different external circumstances, species can develop variations, and that new species and genera can eventually evolve as a result. Darwin paid tribute to Lamarck as the man who 'first did the eminent service of arousing attention to the probability of all change … being the result of law'.