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Author : John Murray
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Total Pages : 32 pages
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Download or read book Alexander Agassiz written by John Murray and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Murray
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781018099163
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (991 download)
Download or read book Alexander Agassiz: His Life and Scientific Work written by John Murray and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : John Murray, IV Sir
Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 : 9781295338344
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (383 download)
Download or read book Alexander Agassiz written by John Murray, IV Sir and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-12-07 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author : Alexander Agassiz
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Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Letters and Recollections of Alexander Agassiz written by Alexander Agassiz and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of an American naturalist who visited several Pacific Islands during five exhibitions between 1891-1905.
Author : David Dobbs
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 0307490076
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Reef Madness written by David Dobbs and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2009-02-25 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the century-long controversy over the orgins of coral reefs, a debate that split the world of nineteenth-century science, looking at the diverse roles of Louis Agassiz, his son Alexander, and Charles Darwin and reflecting on how the search for the truth shed new light on the formation of Earth and its natural wonders.
Author : Christoph Irmscher
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547577672
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)
Download or read book Louis Agassiz written by Christoph Irmscher and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative new life restoring Agassiz--America's most famous natural scientist of the 19th century, inventor of the Ice Age, stubborn anti-Darwinist--to his glorious, troubling place in science and culture.
Author : G. R. Agassiz
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ISBN 13 : 9781017924718
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (247 download)
Download or read book Letters And Recollections Of Alexander Agassiz With A Sketch Of His Life And Work written by G. R. Agassiz and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary P. Winsor
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226902142
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Reading the Shape of Nature written by Mary P. Winsor and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1991-11-15 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading the Shape of Nature vividly recounts the turbulent early history of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard and the contrasting careers of its founder Louis Agassiz and his son Alexander. Through the story of this institution and the individuals who formed it, Mary P. Winsor explores the conflicting forces that shaped systematics in the second half of the nineteenth century. Debates over the philosophical foundations of classification, details of taxonomic research, the young institution's financial struggles, and the personalities of the men most deeply involved are all brought to life. In 1859, Louis Agassiz established the Museum of Comparative Zoology to house research on the ideal types that he believed were embodied in all living forms. Agassiz's vision arose from his insistence that the order inherent in the diversity of life reflected divine creation, not organic evolution. But the mortar of the new museum had scarcely dried when Darwin's Origin was published. By Louis Agassiz's death in 1873, even his former students, including his son Alexander, had defected to the evolutionist camp. Alexander, a self-made millionaire, succeeded his father as director and introduced a significantly different agenda for the museum. To trace Louis and Alexander's arguments and the style of science they established at the museum, Winsor uses many fascinating examples that even zoologists may find unfamiliar. The locus of all this activity, the museum building itself, tells its own story through a wonderful series of archival photographs.
Author : Louis Agassiz
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486151352
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
Download or read book Essay on Classification written by Louis Agassiz and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major influence on the development of American scientific culture, Swiss-born Louis Agassiz (1807–73) was one of the great scientists of his day. A student of anatomist Georges Cuvier, Agassiz adapted his teacher's pioneering techniques of comparative anatomy to paleontology, and he rose to prominence as a distinguished systematist, paleontologist, and educator. Agassiz introduced science to ordinary citizens to an unprecedented degree; people around the world read his books, sent him specimens, and consulted his opinion. Agassiz was also a staunch opponent of the theory of evolution, and he was among the last of the reputable scientists who continued to reject the concept after the publication of The Origin of the Species. All of nature bore testimony to a divine plan, Agassiz believed, and he could not reconcile himself to a theory that did not invoke God's design. Ironically, his 1851 Essay on Classification provided Darwin and other evolutionists with evidence from the fossil record to support the theory of natural selection. A treasure of historically valuable insights that contributed to the development of evolutionary biology, this volume introduced the landmark contention that paleontology, embryology, ecology, and biogeography are inextricably linked in classifications that reveal the true relationships between organisms. Its emphasis on advanced and original work gave major impetus to the study of science directly from nature, and it remains a classic of American scientific literature.
Author : Louis Agassiz
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence written by Louis Agassiz and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of notes and correspondences in the life of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz. Agassiz was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history. Agassiz is known for his regimen of observational data gathering and analysis. He made vast institutional and scientific contributions to zoology, geology, and related areas, including writing multivolume research books running to thousands of pages.
Author : Alfred Goldsborough Mayer
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Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Alexander Agassiz, 1835-1910 written by Alfred Goldsborough Mayer and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Louis Agassiz
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334940545
Total Pages : 872 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Louis Agassiz written by Louis Agassiz and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-08 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence As will be seen from the list of illustrations, I have also to thank Mrs. John W. Elliot for her valuable aid in that part of the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Total Pages : 834 pages
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Download or read book Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David H. Evans
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1493929607
Total Pages : 1108 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (939 download)
Download or read book Marine Physiology Down East: The Story of the Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory written by David H. Evans and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 1108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a comprehensive history of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL), one of the major marine laboratories in the United States and a leader in using marine organisms to study fundamental physiological concepts. Beginning with its founding as the Harpswell Laboratory of Tufts University in 1898, David H. Evans follows its evolution from a teaching facility to a research center for distinguished renal and epithelial physiologists. He also describes how it became the site of major advances in cytokinesis, regeneration, cardiac and vascular physiology, hepatic physiology, endocrinology and toxicology, as well as studies of the comparative physiology of marine organisms. Fundamental physiological concepts in the context of the discoveries made at the MDIBL are explained and the social and administrative history of this renowned facility is described.
Author : Alexander Agassiz
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Letters and Recollections of Alexander Agassiz written by Alexander Agassiz and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of an American naturalist who visited several Pacific Islands during five exhibitions between 1891-1905.
Author : Ernst Mayr
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674272262
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (722 download)
Download or read book The Evolutionary Synthesis written by Ernst Mayr and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biology was forged into a single, coherent science only within living memory. In this volume the thinkers responsible for the "modern synthesis" of evolutionary biology and genetics come together to analyze that remarkable event. In a new Preface, Ernst Mayr calls attention to the fact that scientists in different biological disciplines varied considerably in their degree of acceptance of Darwin's theories. Mayr shows us that these differences were played out in four separate periods: 1859 to 1899, 1900 to 1915, 1916 to 1936, and 1937 to 1947. He thus enables us to understand fully why the synthesis was necessary and why Darwin's original theory--that evolutionary change is due to the combination of variation and selection--is as solid at the end of the twentieth century as it was in 1859.
Author : John F. Marra
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231546785
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Hot Carbon written by John F. Marra and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are few fields of science that carbon-14 has not touched. A radioactive isotope of carbon, it stands out for its unusually long half-life. Best known for its application to estimating the age of artifacts—carbon dating—carbon-14 helped reveal new chronologies of human civilization and geological time. Everything containing carbon, the basis of all life, could be placed in time according to the clock of radioactive decay, with research applications ranging from archeology to oceanography to climatology. In Hot Carbon, John F. Marra tells the untold story of this scientific revolution. He weaves together the workings of the many disciplines that employ carbon-14 with gripping tales of the individuals who pioneered its possibilities. He describes the concrete applications of carbon-14 to the study of all the stuff of life on earth, from climate science’s understanding of change over time to his own work on oceanic photosynthesis with microscopic phytoplankton. Marra’s engaging narrative encompasses nuclear testing, the peopling of the Americas, elephant poaching, and the flax plants used for the linen in the Shroud of Turin. Combining colorful narrative prose with accessible explanations of fundamental science, Hot Carbon is a thought-provoking exploration of how the power of carbon-14 informs our relationship to the past.
