Sparks of Life: Darwinism and the Victorian Debates Over Spontaneous Generation

by James E. Strick

Book Overview

How, asks James E. Strick, could spontaneous generation--the idea that living things can suddenly arise from nonliving materials--come to take root for a time (even a brief one) in so thoroughly... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067400292X
• ISBN13: 9780674002920
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"