Louis Agassiz: 5 books

Louis Agassiz - His Life and Correspondence Louis Agassiz, european-trained biologist and geologist (1807-1873) This ebook presents «Louis Agassiz - His Life and Correspondence», from Louis Agassiz. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected....

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...

EXTRAIT: Parmi les auteurs qui ont écrit sur les glaciers, il en est peu qui aient fait des recherches étendues sur ce sujet et qui l’aient envisagé sous toutes ses faces : la plupart se sont bornés à consigner quelques observations isolées et souvent...

This book contains six classic articles on the subject of structure in animal life, being a selection of essays exploring the relationship between natural history and the idea of God. Although old and largely scientifically out-dated, the information contained within these essays will be of considerable...

A treasure of historically valuable insights that contributed to the development of evolutionary biology, this volume introduced the landmark contention that paleontology, embryology, ecology, and biogeography are inextricably linked in the process of classification. Its emphasis on advanced and original work gave major impetus to the study of science directly from nature.