
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