UID:
edocfu_9960117970202883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 247 pages) :
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illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-17729-X
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Life sciences
Content:
When she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1946, Agnes Arber was one of only three women to have been admitted into the institution. Arber conducted research that focused mainly on the morphology of flowering plants, but her work is characterised by its explorations of historical botany & evoluiton. This book widens the scope of morphology into a study of all aspects of form across the whole chronology of botany. Arber begins with Aristotle & investigates the work of early modern botanists like Bacon & Goethe, before examining the effects of this wider approach on subjects like evolution & taxonomy. Arguing that post-Darwinian doctrine often causes botanists to twist their observations to suit a hypothetical history of phylogenesis, rather than changing the hypothesis to suit observational facts, this bold & fascinating text will interest students of biology & philosophy alike.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2012.
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Originally published: Cambridge: University Press, 1950.
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English
Additional Edition:
Print version: ǂz 9781108045056
Language:
English
