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Item Details
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JOSEPH LEIDY
THE LAST MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING |
| By: |
Leonard Warren |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£47.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0300073593 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780300073591 |
| Publisher: |
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
11 October, 1998 |
| Pages: |
324 |
| Description: |
Joseph Leidy, a leading American scientist of the mid-19th century, was an important anatomist, the first productive microscopist, and the author of groundbreaking papers. This biography provides an account of Leidy's life and accomplishments, setting them in their social and historical contexts. |
| Synopsis: |
This is the first published biography of the remarkable Joseph Leidy (1823-91), a scientist of astonishing achievement and breadth of interests. A man who seemed to know everything, Leidy was-among many other things-the foremost human anatomist of his time, the first truly productive microscopist, the father of American protozoology and parasitology, and the founder of American invertebrate paleontology. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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