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Histoire Naturelle Des Animaux Sans Vertèbres by Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Best known for his ideas relating to evolution, French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829) first built his reputation as a botanist and was elected to the prestigious Académie des Sciences in 1779. His career took a new turn in 1793 when he was made professor of 'insects, worms and microscopic animals' at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, although he lacked prior knowledge of the subject area. Undaunted, Lamarck set out to classify organisms which few naturalists had considered worthy of study since Linnaeus. He was the first to distinguish vertebrates from 'invertebrates' - a term he coined - by the presence of a vertebral column. In this groundbreaking seven-volume work, published between 1815 and 1822, he arranges invertebrates into twelve classes, laying the foundations for the modern study of these organisms. Volume 4, first published in 1817, continues to classify insects.

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck
Publisher
publisher not identified, Cambridge University Press
Published
2013
Language
EN
ISBN
9781139567459
Category
nonfiction

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