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Louis Agassiz : a life in science by Edward Lurie is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Louis Agassiz : a life in science about?
A giant of nineteenth-century natural history study, Louis Agassiz made major contributions to modern knowledge of geology, paleontology, and zoology. Agassiz's fame in America was largely as a popularizer of natural history and teacher of advanced students. Founding the Museum of Comparative Zoology at harvard was his lasting teching and research achievement, and the Smithsonian Institution and National Academy of Sciences benefited from his impulse to professionalize science. A life-long opponent of the theory of evolution. Agassiz affirmed the magnificence of God's plan to all who would "study nature, not books."
Who reads Louis Agassiz : a life in science?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Edward Lurie
- Publisher
- Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Published
- 1988
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780801837432
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Memoir, Science, Biology
- Rating
- 3.89 / 5 (9 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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