Styles of Reasoning in the British Life Sciences: Shared Assumptions, 1820-1858
(Part of the Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century Series)
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Elwick explores how the concept of "compound individuality" brought together life scientists working in pre-Darwinian London. Scientists conducting research in comparative anatomy, physiology, cellular microscopy, embryology and the neurosciences repeatedly stated that plants and animals were compounds of smaller independent units. Discussion of a "bodily economy" was widespread. But by 1860, the most flamboyant discussions of compound individuality...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822966344
ISBN13:9780822966340
Release Date:December 2020
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:248 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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