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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781474445801
035 _a(DE-B1597)614775
035 _a(OCoLC)1306541022
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082 0 4 _a576.8
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aJenkins, Bill
_eautore
245 1 0 _aEvolution Before Darwin :
_bTheories of the Transmutation of Species in Edinburgh, 1804–1834 /
_cBill Jenkins.
264 1 _aEdinburgh :
_bEdinburgh University Press,
_c[2022]
264 4 _c©2019
300 _a1 online resource (232 p.)
336 _atext
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tFigures --
_tAcknowledgements --
_t1 Introduction --
_t2 Edinburgh’s University and Medical Schools in the Early Nineteenth Century --
_t3 Natural History in Edinburgh, 1779–1832 --
_t4 Geology and Evolution --
_t5 Edinburgh and Paris --
_t6 The Legacy of the ‘Edinburgh Lamarckians’ --
_t7 Conclusion --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aThe development of evolutionary thought in early nineteenth-century EdinburghDemonstrates the largely neglected role of Edinburgh and its medical school in the history of evolutionary thought in Great Britain Provides the first systematic study of Charles Darwin's engagement with the approaches developed in EdinburghSheds new light on the genesis and development of one of the most important scientific theories in the history of western thoughtThis book is the first major study of what was probably the most important centre or pre-Darwinian evolutionary thought in the British Isles. It sheds new light on the genesis and development of one of the most important scientific theories in the history of western thought.It was long believed that evolutionary theories received an almost universally cold reception in British natural history circles in the first half of the nineteenth century. However, a relatively recently serious doubt has been cast on this assumption. This book shows that Edinburgh in the late 1820s and early 1830s was witness to a ferment of radical new ideas on the natural world, including speculation on the origin and evolution of life, at just the time when Charles Darwin was a student in the city. Those who were students in Edinburgh at the time could have hardly avoided coming into contact with these new ideas.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)
650 0 _aEvolution (Biology)
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aTransmutation of animals.
650 0 _aTransmutation of plants.
650 4 _aScottish Studies.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781474445801?locatt=mode:legacy
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