On the nature of limbs : a discourse /
The most prominent naturalist in Britain before Charles Darwin, Richard Owen made empirical discoveries and offered theoretical innovations that were crucial to the proof of evolution. Among his many lasting contributions to science was the first clear definition of the term homology--"the same...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2007.
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Edición: | University of Chicago Press ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Richard Owen and animal form / Ron Amundson
- Richard Owen's quadrophenia : the pull of opposing forces in Victorian cosmogony / Kevin Padian
- The mystery of Richard Owen's winged bull-slayer / Mary P. Winsor and Jennifer Coggon
- On the nature of limbs / [Richard Owen].