The Spirit of System : : Lamarck and Evolutionary Biology / / Richard W. Burkhardt, Jr.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Burkhardt, Jr., Richard W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1977
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 2nd printing 1995. Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (285 p.) :; 8 halftones, 6 line illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; FIGURES --; Introduction --; CHAPTER ONE Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Naturalist-Philosopher --; CHAPTER TWO The Background to Lamarck's Biological Thought --; CHAPTER THREE Eighteenth-Century Views of Organic Mutability --; CHAPTER FOUR The Preoccupations of the New Professor: Chemistry, Meteorology, and Geology --; CHAPTER FIVE Invertebrate Zoology and the Inspiration of Lamarck's Evolutionary Views --; CHAPTER SIX Lamarck's Theory of Evolution --; CHAPTER SEVEN The Frustrations and Consolations of the Naturalist-Philosopher --; NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674731363; 9783110353488; 9783110353549; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674731363
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Richard W. Burkhardt, Jr.

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was a biological Janus, at once a highly competent taxonomist in a traditional mold and a bold, almost visionary, philosopher of nature who aspired to contrive an all-embracing "physics of the earth" by sheer force of intellect. Lamarck is generally remembered only for his ideas about the inheritance of acquired characters, ideas he did not originate or take special credit for, ideas that were only one part of his broad theory of evolution. In this, the first modern book-length study of Lamarck, Richard Burkhardt examines the origin and development of Lamarck's theory of organic evolution, the major theory prior to Darwin.