by Mary Gregory (Author), Mary Gregory (Author)
Examines how Dr Diderot borrowed from Lucretius, Buffon, Maupertuis, and probability theory, and combines ideas from these sources to hypothesize that species are mutable and that all life arose randomly from a single prototype.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 14 Dec 2006
ISBN 10: 0415955513
ISBN 13: 9780415955515