Sparks of Life: Darwinism and the Victorian Debates Over Spontaneous Generation

by James E. Strick

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How, asks James E. Strick, could spontaneous generation--the idea that living things can suddenly arise from nonliving materials--come to take root for a time (even a brief one) in so thoroughly unsuitable a field as British natural theology? No less an authority than Aristotle claimed that cases of spontaneous generation were to be observed in nature, and the idea held sway for centuries. Beginning around the time of the Scientific Revolution, however,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:067400292X

ISBN13:9780674002920

Release Date:December 2000

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:283 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Related Subjects

Biological Sciences Biology Biology & Life Sciences Education & Reference England Europe Evolution Great Britain History History & Philosophy

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