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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus
William MacGillivray
389 pages~7 hr 45 min read96 chapters$4.99
From Aristotle dissecting on a Greek shore to Linnaeus ordering all of nature, William MacGillivray traces the great students of animal life across two thousand years. His biographies double as a history of zoology and a spur to take up its study. A learned, encouraging survey of the science's founders. Meet the minds who built zoology.
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Inside this book
96 chapters
- 1LIVES
- 2OF
- 3EMINENT ZOOLOGISTS,
- 4FROM
- 5ARISTOTLE TO LINNÆUS:
- 6WITH
- 7INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON THE STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY,
- 8AND
- 9OCCASIONAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE PROGRESS OF ZOOLOGY.
- 10WITH A PORTRAIT OF LINNÆUS ENGRAVED BY HORSBURGH.
- 11PREFACE.
- 12CONTENTS.
- 13INTRODUCTION.
- 14ARISTOTLE.
- 15SECTION I. REMARKABLE EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF ARISTOTLE.
- 16SECTION II. ACCOUNT OF ARISTOTLE'S HISTORY OF ANIMALS.
- 17PLINY THE ELDER.
- 18ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS.
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