The Ovary of Eve : Egg and Sperm and Preformation /

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-pre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pinto-Correia, Clara (Autor)
Otros Autores: Could, Stephen Jay (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2007]
Temas:
SCIENCE / General.
conception, reproduction, fertility, scientific revolution, preformation, science, pregnancy, embryology, human body, anatomy, egg, birth, creation, philosophy, religion, myth, ovary, eve, epigenetics, generations, sperm, ovists, spermists, genome, genes, genetics, history, women, gender, maternity, spontaneous generation, spallanzani, leeuwenhoek, harvey, numerology, measurement, nonfiction, medicine.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATI0NS
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • PROLOGUE
  • 1. All About Eve
  • 2. All About A dam
  • 3. "One Does Not See the Wind"
  • 4. Hopeful Monsters
  • 5. Frogs with Boxer Shorts
  • 6. The H Word
  • 7. The Music of the Spheres
  • 8. Magical Numbers
  • Epilogue. The Fat Lady Will Not Sing
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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