Name: Life, Letters, and Works of Louis Agassiz 2 Volume set 2 Volume Set: Life, Letters, and Works of Louis Agassiz: Volume 2 Paperback (Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science)
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Author: Marcou, Jules
ISBN: 9781108072618

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Life, Letters, and Works of Louis Agassiz 2 Volume set 2 Volume Set: Life, Letters, and Works of Louis Agassiz: Volume 2 Paperback (Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jules Marcou

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2011

Language

English

Pages

340

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 1.9 cm

Weight

0.43 kg.

ISBN

1108072615

ISBN13

9781108072618

Synopsis "Life, Letters, and Works of Louis Agassiz 2 Volume set 2 Volume Set: Life, Letters, and Works of Louis Agassiz: Volume 2 Paperback (Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science) "

On the basis of extensive material in the form of letters, pamphlets and the recollections of friends and contemporaries, Jules Marcou (1824-1898) tells the story of the life and work of Louis Agassiz in this two-volume work of 1896. The Swiss-born palaeontologist, glaciologist and zoologist (1807-1873) is regarded as one of the founding fathers of the modern American scientific tradition. Marcou, a fellow countryman and collaborator of Agassiz, does not attempt to conceal his high regard for the subject of his biography but does have 'in view the truth'. In a chronological narrative, Volume 2 tells of Agassiz' professorship at Harvard and the founding in 1859 of the Museum of Contemporary Zoology, where he remained as director until his death. Although Darwin believed the Swiss scientist's theory on parallelisms provided evidence for evolution, Agassiz was no evolutionist but saw the plan of God everywhere in nature.

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