The Foundations of Zoölogy / / William Keith Brooks.

Presents a series of lectures from the 1800's which show that life is a response to the order of nature. Includes lectures on nature and nurture, migration, zoology, and the philosophy of evolution.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1899]
©1899
Year of Publication:1899
Language:English
Series:Columbia University Biological Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
I. Introductory --
II. Huxley, and the Problem of the Naturalist --
III. Nature and Nurture --
IV. Lamarck --
V. Migration in Its Bearing on Lamarckism --
VI. – Part I. Zoölogy, and the Philosophy of Evolution --
VI. – Part II. A Note on the Views of Galton and Weismann on Inheritance --
VII. Galton and the Statistical Study of Inheritance --
VIII. Darwin, and the Origin of Species --
IX. Natural Selection, and the Antiquity of Life --
X. Natural Selection and Natural Theology --
XI. Paley, and the Argument from Contrivance --
XII. The Mechanism of Nature --
XIII. Louis Agassiz and George Berkeley
Summary:Presents a series of lectures from the 1800's which show that life is a response to the order of nature. Includes lectures on nature and nurture, migration, zoology, and the philosophy of evolution.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780231893992
9783110442489
DOI:10.7312/broo93496
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: William Keith Brooks.