Buffon : a life in natural history
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Buffon. English
Author
Roger, Jacques, 1920-1990.
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Williams, L. Pearce, 1927-2015.
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LC Subjects
Biographies.
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, -- comte de, -- 1707-1788.
Natural history.
Naturalists -- France -- Biography.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Biographies.
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, -- comte de, -- 1707-1788
France. -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJd8gD4vdtqQMdQHvYqbBP
Natural history.
Naturalists.
Other Subjects
42.01 history of biology.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biography
Biologen.
Buffon, ... de, -- 1707-1788.
Buffon, Georges Louis Le Clerc ((de))
Buffon, Georges Louis Le Clerc de -- 1707-1788
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, -- comte de, -- 1707-1788.
Natural History
natural sciences.
Naturalistes -- France -- Biographies.
Natuurlijke historie.
Sciences naturelles.
Student Collection.

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xvii, 492 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English

Notes

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-482) and index.
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707-1788), was perhaps the most important of Charles Darwin's predecessors, Director of the Royal Botanical Garden, and certainly the premier French scientist of the Enlightenment. Buffon conducted experiments investigating a broad range of questions, from the burning effects of the sun's rays to the tensile strength of timber. His studies of plant life led to his creation of a renowned nursery, his zoological interests to his.
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Development of an aviary and menagerie. His massive, thirty-six-volume System of Nature was the most widely collected work of the Enlightenment, reaching more readers than even the classics of Voltaire and Rousseau. After Buffon's death, however, his importance as a scientist was denigrated, and little information about him has been available in English. This biography, the life work of Jacques Roger, finally gives Buffon his due. Roger transforms Buffon's image from.
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That of a somewhat incoherent courtly naturalist into one of a major philosophical and scientific thinker. Using Buffon's enormous literary production as the major source of insight into his and his age's beliefs about the natural world, the book is both a biography and an analytical discussion of Buffon's science.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Roger, J., & Williams, L. P. (1997). Buffon: a life in natural history . Cornell University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Roger, Jacques, 1920-1990 and L. Pearce Williams. 1997. Buffon: A Life in Natural History. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Roger, Jacques, 1920-1990 and L. Pearce Williams. Buffon: A Life in Natural History Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1997.

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Roger, J. and Williams, L. P. (1997). Buffon: a life in natural history. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Roger, Jacques, and L. Pearce Williams. Buffon: A Life in Natural History Cornell University Press, 1997.

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