| Zoological Philosophy: An Exposition with Regard to the Natural History of Animals Contributor(s): Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine De (Author), Elliott, Hugh Samuel Roger (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1139105329 ISBN-13: 9781139105323 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - General |
| Dewey: 590 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Life Sciences |
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| Publisher Description: The great French zoologist Lamarck (1744-1829) was best known for his theory of evolution, called 'soft inheritance', whereby organisms pass down acquired characteristics to their offspring. Originally a soldier, Lamarck later studied medicine and biology. His distinguished career included admission to the French Academy of Sciences (1779), and appointments as Royal Botanist (1781) and as professor of zoology at the Mus e Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793. Acknowledged as the premier authority on invertebrate zoology, he is credited with coining the term 'invertebrates'. In this 1809 work, translated into English in 1914, he outlines his theory that under the pressure of different external circumstances, species can develop variations, and that new species and genera can eventually evolve as a result. Darwin paid tribute to Lamarck as the man who 'first did the eminent service of arousing attention to the probability of all change ... being the result of law'. |