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The Spirit of System : Lamarck and Evolutionary Biology
The Spirit of System Lamarck and Evolutionary Biology Author:Richard Burkhardt Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was at once a highly competent taxonomist in a traditional mold and a bold, almost visionary, philosopher of nature who aspired to contrive an all-embracing "physics of the earth" by sheer force of intellect. In this first modern book-length study of Lamarck, Richard Burkhardt examines the origin and development of his theo... more »ry of organic evolution, the major theory prior to Darwin.« less