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1. The Formative Years 1807-1827
2. The Making of a Naturalist 1827-1832
3. From Switzerland to Boston 1832-1846
4. The American Welcome 1846-1850
5. Naturalist to America 1850-1857
6. Building a Museum 1857-1861
7. Agassiz, Darwin, and Transmutation 1859-1861
8. The Trials of a Public Man 1861-1866
9. The Past and the present 1866-1873
Epilogue to the New Edition 1988
Notes
Essay on Sources
Rcent Sources
Index

Louis Agassiz

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 26/11/1988
      ISBN13: 9780801837432, 978-0801837432
      ISBN10: 080183743X

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      1. The Formative Years 1807-1827
      2. The Making of a Naturalist 1827-1832
      3. From Switzerland to Boston 1832-1846
      4. The American Welcome 1846-1850
      5. Naturalist to America 1850-1857
      6. Building a Museum 1857-1861
      7. Agassiz, Darwin, and Transmutation 1859-1861
      8. The Trials of a Public Man 1861-1866
      9. The Past and the present 1866-1873
      Epilogue to the New Edition 1988
      Notes
      Essay on Sources
      Rcent Sources
      Index

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