Diderot and the Metamorphosis of Species (Hardcover)


In this study Dr. Gregory examines how Diderot borrowed from Lucretius, Buffon, Maupertuis, and probability theory, and combined ideas from these sources in an innovative fashion to hypothesize that species are mutable and that all life arose randomly from a single prototype.


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In this study Dr. Gregory examines how Diderot borrowed from Lucretius, Buffon, Maupertuis, and probability theory, and combined ideas from these sources in an innovative fashion to hypothesize that species are mutable and that all life arose randomly from a single prototype.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Routledge

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

Studies in Philosophy

Release date

October 2006

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

2007

Authors

Dimensions

229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

232

ISBN-13

978-0-415-95551-5

Barcode

9780415955515

Categories

LSN

0-415-95551-3



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