Lamarck

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Author

Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905

Title

Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution: His Life and Work

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Produced by Geetu Melwani, David Clarke, Laura Wisewell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

QH: Science: Natural history

Subject

Naturalists -- France -- Biography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

20556

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20556

Release Date

February 10, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LAMARCK — LAMARCK THE FOUNDER OF EVOLUTION HIS LIFE AND WORK
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution. His Life and Work
5. 5.CHAPTER I BIRTH, FAMILY, YOUTH, AND MILITARY CAREER — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.CHAPTER II STUDENT LIFE AND BOTANICAL CAREER — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.CHAPTER III LAMARCK’S SHARE IN THE REORGANIZATION OF THE JARDIN DES PLANTES AND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER IV PROFESSOR OF INVERTEBRATE ZOÖLOGY AT THE MUSEUM — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER V LAST DAYS AND DEATH — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER VI POSITION IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE; OPINIONS OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND SOME LATER BIOLOGISTS — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER VII LAMARCK’S WORK IN METEOROLOGY AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII LAMARCK’S WORK IN GEOLOGY — Lamarck’s Contributions to Physical Geology; his Theory of the Earth. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER IX LAMARCK THE FOUNDER OF INVERTEBRATE PALÆONTOLOGY — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER X LAMARCK’S OPINIONS ON GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOLOGY — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER XI LAMARCK AS A BOTANIST
16. 16.CHAPTER XII LAMARCK THE ZOÖLOGIST — TABLEAU Servant à montrer l’origine des differens animaux. — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII THE EVOLUTIONARY VIEWS OF BUFFON AND OF GEOFFROY ST. HILAIRE — Étienne Geoffroy St. Hilaire. — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV THE VIEWS OF ERASMUS DARWIN — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.CHAPTER XV WHEN DID LAMARCK CHANGE HIS VIEWS REGARDING THE MUTABILITY OF SPECIES? — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI THE STEPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAMARCK’S VIEWS ON EVOLUTION BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF HIS PHILOSOPHIE ZOOLOGIQUE — I. From the Système des Animaux sans Vertèbres (1801). — II. Recherches sur l’Organisation des Corps vivans, 1802 (Opening Discourse). — “ First Part: Progress in structure of living beings in proportion as circumstances favor them. — Modification of the organization from one end to the other of the animal chain. — Appendix (p. 141). — On Species in Living Bodies. — III. Lamarck’s Views on Species, as published in 1803. — IV. Lamarck’s Views as published in 1806. [177] — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII THE “PHILOSOPHIE ZOOLOGIQUE” — The Influence of Circumstances on the Actions and Habits of Animals. — “ First Law. — “ Second Law. — “ On the Feeling of Existence. — On the Transportation of the force-producing Movements in the Interior of Animals. — “ On the Instincts of Animals. — “ On the Industry of Certain Animals. — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII LAMARCK’S THEORY AS TO THE EVOLUTION OF MAN — “ Some Observations Relative to Man . — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX LAMARCK’S THOUGHTS ON MORALS, AND ON THE RELATION BETWEEN SCIENCE AND RELIGION — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.CHAPTER XX THE RELATIONS BETWEEN LAMARCKISM AND DARWINISM; NEOLAMARCKISM — “VI. The Adequacy of Neolamarckism . — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF J. B. DE LAMARCK [274] 1778–1828 — 1778 — (1805–15) — 1783 — 1784 — 1785 — 1788 — 1790 — 1791 — 1792 — 1794 — 1796 — 1797 — 1798 — 1799 — 1800 — 1801 — 1802 — 1802–6 — Paris, Mus. Hist. nat. (Ann.) I, 1802. — Paris, Mus. Hist. nat. (Ann.) II, 1803. — Paris, Mus. Hist. nat. (Ann.) III, 1804. — Paris, Mus. Hist. nat. (Ann.) IV, 1804. — Paris, Mus. Hist. nat. (Ann.) V, 1804. — Paris, Mus. Hist. nat. (Ann.) VI, 1805. — Paris, Mus. Hist. nat. (Ann.) VII, 1806. — Paris, Mus. Hist. nat. (Ann.) VIII, 1806. — 1805 — 1805–1809 — 1806 — 1807 — 1809 — (Ces notes ont été relevées sur l’édition de 1809.) — 1810–1811 — Ann. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, XV, 1810. pp. 20–26. — Ann. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, XVI, 1810. — Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. XVII, 1811. — 1812 — 1813 — Ann. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, XX, 1813. — Ann. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, I, 1815. — 1813–15 — Mém. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, I, 1813. p. 401. — Mém. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, II, 1815. — 1815–22 — 1818 — 1820 — 1823 — 1828 — Eulogies and Biographical Articles on Lamarck — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.INDEX

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