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  title info:
    title: Introduction to the Study of Natural History
    sub title: Edited and Annotated by Christoph Irmscher
  name:
    name part: Agassiz, Louis.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Irmscher, Christoph.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: IX, 126 p. 74 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book features Louis Agassiz’s seminal lecture course in which the Swiss-American scientist, a self-styled “American Humboldt,” summarized the state of zoological knowledge in his time. Though Darwin’s theory of evolution would soon dismantle his idealist science, Agassiz’s lectures are nonetheless modern in their insistence on the social and cultural importance of the scientific enterprise. An extensive, well-illustrated introduction by Agassiz’s biographer, Christoph Irmscher, situates Agassiz’s lectures in the context of his life and nineteenth-century science, while also confronting the deeply problematic aspects of his legacy. Profusely annotated, this edition offers fascinating insights into the history of science and appeals to anyone with an interest in zoology and natural history. “Christoph Irmscher provides a scholarly and insightful analysis of the intentions and beliefs of Louis Agassiz, a larger-than-life scientist of the mid-19th century and fierce opponent of Charles Darwin. One of the foremost naturalists of his time, Agassiz’s encyclopedic knowledge and brash confidence sustained bold and often controversial theories, which contributed to extreme intellectual ferment at the dawn of contemporary evolutionary biology.” James Hanken, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Harvard University, USA.
  table of contents: Introduction -- Louis Agassiz: Introduction to the StuBldy of Natural History -- Commentary and Notes -- Bibliography.
  note: by Louis Agassiz ; edited by Christoph Irmscher.
  subject:
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Plant science
  subject:
    topic: Botany
  subject:
    topic: Zoology
  subject:
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: History of Science
  subject:
    topic: Plant Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Zoology
  classification: D1-DX301
  classification: 509
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Classic Texts in the Sciences
  identifier: 9783319660813
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66081-3
  record info:
    record creation date: 171027
    record change date: 20171028021343.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-66081-3