Darwin's Man in Brazil : The Evolving Science of Fritz Müller /

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"David West explores Fritz Müller's (1821-1897) legacy as a Darwinist naturalist and seeks to return him to a cohort of some of the greatest nineteenth-century naturalists who conducted research in Brazil. West advances the theory that Müller, a great yet often overlooked nineteenth-cent...

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Main Author: West, David A., 1933-2015 (Author)
Other Authors: Smocovitis, Vassiliki Betty (writer of foreword.), Burian, Richard M. (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Müller, Fritz > 1822-1897
Müller, Fritz, > 1822-1897.
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882.
Müller, Fritz, > 1822-1897 > Biography.
Naturalists.
Natural history.
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
NATURE > Reference.
NATURE > Essays.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
Sciences naturelles > Bresil.
Naturalistes > Bresil > Biographies.
Naturalistes > Allemagne > Biographies.
Natural history > Brazil.
Naturalists > Brazil > Biography.
Naturalists > Germany > Biography.
Germany.
Brazil.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The development of Fritz Müller's worldview, 1822-1852
  • Leaving Germany for a new life in Brazil, 1849-1867
  • The countenance of nature transformed, 1861-1869
  • A broadening recognition, 1863-1876
  • Botany and the return to the Itajaí, 1865-1869
  • Darwin's variation, insects, and a traveling naturalist, 1868-1876
  • Evolutionary studies, 1876-1881
  • Lepidopteran scent and mimicry, 1870-1883
  • Plant movement, heredity, and variation, 1881-1887
  • Dismissals, civil war, and last years, 1884-1897.

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