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Diderot and the Metamorphosis of Species [EPUB ebook]

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Couverture du Mary Gregory: Diderot and the Metamorphosis of Species (ePUB)

In this study Dr. Gregory examines how Diderot borrowed from Lucretius, Buffon, Maupertuis, and probability theory, and combined ideas from these sources in an innovative fashion to hypothesize that species are mutable and that all life arose randomly from a single prototype.

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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 232 ● ISBN 9781135915827 ● Maison d’édition Taylor and Francis ● Publié 2006 ● Téléchargeable 3 fois ● Devise EUR ● ID 3697209 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM

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