Styles of Reasoning in the British Life Sciences: Shared Assumptions, 1820-1858

by James Elwick

Elwick explores how the concept of "compound individuality" brought together life scientists working in pre-Darwinian London. Scientists conducting research in comparative anatomy, physiology, cellular microscopy, embryology and the neurosciences repeatedly stated that plants and animals were compounds of smaller independent units. Discussion of a "bodily economy" was widespread. But by 1860, the most flamboyant discussions of compound individuality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822966344
• ISBN13: 9780822966340
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"