Reading the Shape of Nature: Comparative Zoology at the Agassiz Museum Tapa blanda - 1991 - 1st Edición

University of Chicago Press, 1991. 1st edition. Paper covers. Fine/No Jacket. Scarcely used.

University of Chicago Press, 1991-11-15. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Crisp, unread, unmarked copy. Light edge wear to wrapper, small scuff to bottom edge of text block. 8vo. 324pp.

Chicago IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1991. Paperback. Near Fine. 324 pages. part of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations Series. ; 6 x 9

Paperback. Very Good.

University of Chicago Press, 1991. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of Chicago Press, 1991-11-15. Paperback. Very Good. 2.1783 in x 22.8726 in x 15.4083 in.

University Of Chicago Press, 1991-11-15. Paperback. Used:Good.

University of Chicago Press, 1991. pbk 324pp prev ownerÕs name on fep but otherwise appears unused text excellent as new

Paperback / softback. New. Reading the Shape of Nature vividly recounts the turbulent early history of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard and the contrasting careers of its founder Louis Agassiz and his son Alexander. Through the story of this institution and the individuals who formed it, Mary P. Winsor explores the conflicting forces that shaped systematics in the second half of the nineteenth century. Debates over the philosophical foundations of classification, details of taxonomic research, the young institution's financial struggles, and the personalities of the men most deeply involved are all brought to life. In 1859, Louis Agassiz established the Museum of Comparative Zoology to house research on the ideal types that he believed were embodied in all living forms. Agassiz's vision arose from his insistence that the order inherent in the diversity of life reflected divine creation, not organic evolution. But the mortar of the new museum had scarcely dried when Darwin's… Leer más

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