Heroes of Science
by P. Martin Duncan
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About this eBook
- Author
- Duncan, P. Martin (Peter Martin), 1821-1891
- Title
- Heroes of science : Botanists, zoologists, and geologists
- Original Publication
- United Kingdom: London Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1882.
- Credits
- Sharon Joiner, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QH: Science: Natural history
- Subject
- Naturalists
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 70356
- Release Date
- March 23, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.INTRODUCTION.
- 4.CONTENTS.
- 5.HEROES OF SCIENCE. — CHAPTER I. THE INFANCY OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCIENCE OF PLANTS.
- 6.CHAPTER II. THE RISE OF THE SCIENCE OF PLANTS.
- 7.CHAPTER III. THE LIFE OF LINNÆUS.
- 8.CHAPTER IV. THE LIFE OF LINNÆUS ( Continued ).
- 9.CHAPTER V. THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE SCIENCE OF PLANTS.
- 10.CHAPTER VI. HEROES OF ZOOLOGY.
- 11.CHAPTER VII. THE LIVES OF BUFFON, PENNANT, AND LAMARCK.
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. THE LIFE OF CUVIER.
- 13.CHAPTER IX. HEROES OF GEOLOGY.
- 14.CHAPTER X. THE LIFE OF HUTTON.
- 15.CHAPTER XI. THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SMITH.
- 16.CHAPTER XII. THE LIFE OF MURCHISON.
- 17.CHAPTER XIII. THE LIFE OF LYELL.
- 18.FOOTNOTES
- 19.PUBLICATIONS OF THE Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
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