Darwin's ghosts : in search of the first evolutionists /: in search of the first evolutionists. ([2012])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rebecca Stott.
• Other Names: Stott, Rebecca
• Contents: Darwin's list, Kent, 1859 -- Aristotle's Eyes, Lesbos, 344 BC -- The Worshipful Curiosity of Jahiz, Basra and Baghdad, 850 -- Leonardo and the potter, Milan, 1493; Paris, 1570 -- Trembley's Polyp, The Hague, 1740 -- The Consul of Cairo, Cairo, 1708 -- The Hotel of the Philosophers, Paris, 1749 -- Erasmus underground, Derbyshire, 1767 -- The Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 1800 -- The Sponge Philosopher, Edinburgh, 1826 -- The Encyclopedist, Edinburgh, 1844 -- Alfred Wallace's fevered dreams, Malay Archipelago, 1858.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 383 pages), illustrations, maps, portraits
• Subjects: 576.809; History -- General; Evolutionstheorie; Naturwissenschaftler; History; Evolution (Biology) -- History; Scientists -- Biography; Naturalists -- Biography; Life (Biology) -- Research -- History; Biologists -- Biography; Biological Evolution; Science -- history; Biography; Electronic books; Sources
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781408826997; 1408826992
• Related ISBNs: 9781408809082; 1408809087
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-367) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.