The Ovary of Eve: Egg and Sperm and Preformation

by Clara Pinto Correia

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The Ovary of Eve is a rich and often hilarious account of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century efforts to understand conception. In these early years of the Scientific Revolution, the most intelligent men and women of the day struggled to come to terms with the origins of new life, and one theory--preformation--sparked an intensely heated debate that continued for over a hundred years. Clara Pinto-Correia traces the history of this much maligned...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0226669521

ISBN13:9780226669526

Release Date:December 1997

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:420 Pages

Weight:1.75 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

17th Century Biology Biology & Life Sciences Developmental Biology History History & Philosophy Humanities Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Professionals & Academics

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