I Have Landed : Splashes and Reflections in Natural History

ISBN-13: 9780099749714 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 432 str.

Stephen Jay Gould

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This collection of essays apply biographical perspectives to the illumination of key scientific concepts and their history, ranging from the discovery of the scourge of syphilis by Fracastero in the 16th century to Isabelle Duncan's 19th-century attempt at reconciling scripture and palaeontology.