Lamarck the Founder of Evolution

Lamarck the Founder of Evolution

Alpheus Spring Packard, american entomologist and palaeontologist (1839-1905)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- MOTTO

-03- PREFACE

-04- BIRTH, FAMILY, YOUTH, AND MILITARY CAREER

-05- STUDENT LIFE AND BOTANICAL CAREER

-06- LAMARCK’S SHARE

-07- PROFESSOR OF INVERTEBRATE ZOÖLOGY AT THE MUSEUM

-08- LAST DAYS AND DEATH

-09- POSITION IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE

-10- LAMARCK’S WORK IN METEOROLOGY AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE

-11- LAMARCK’S WORK IN GEOLOGY

-12- LAMARCK THE FOUNDER OF INVERTEBRATE PALÆONTOLOGY

-13- LAMARCK’S OPINIONS ON GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOLOGY

-14- LAMARCK AS A BOTANIST

-15- LAMARCK THE ZOÖLOGIST

-16- THE EVOLUTIONARY VIEWS OF BUFFON AND OF GEOFFROY ST. HILAIRE

-17- THE VIEWS OF ERASMUS DARWIN

-18- WHEN DID LAMARCK CHANGE HIS VIEWS REGARDING THE MUTABILITY OF SPECIES

-19- THE STEPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAMARCK’S VIEWS ON EVOLUTION

-20- THE PHILOSOPHIE ZOOLOGIQUE

-21- LAMARCK’S THEORY AS TO THE EVOLUTION OF MAN

-22- LAMARCK’S THOUGHTS ON MORALS

-23- THE RELATIONS BETWEEN LAMARCKISM AND DARWINISM