Evolution before Darwin: theories of the transmutation of species in Edinburgh, 1804-1834

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2019)
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1. Introduction -- 2. Edinburgh's university and medical schools in the early nineteenth century -- 3. Natural history in Edinburgh, 1779-1832 -- 4. Geology and evolution -- 5. Edinburgh and Paris -- 6. The legacy of the 'Edinburgh Lamarckians' -- 7. Conclusion.

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