Baron Georges Cuvier (1769–1832)
Auteur van Cuvier's Animals: 867 Illustrations from the Classic Nineteenth-Century Work (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
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Born in France, Georges Cuvier, paleontologist and zoologist was regarded as the founder of comparative anatomy. He had no formal scientific training. He studied at the military academy at Stuttgart in order to qualify for the French civil service. Cuvier worked as a tutor on the north coast of toon meer France while he waited for a civil service appointment. There, he became fascinated with the marine life that he saw on the beaches and began to study it. He dissected mollusks and fishes and made drawings of their various parts. Cuvier's understanding of anatomy and his drawings were so well-executed that he was offered a chair at the University of Paris in the Department of Comparative Anatomy. At the University of Paris, he began studying the great apes as a way of understanding human anatomy. As a result of his studies, he proposed the revolutionary idea that all life forms descended from a single species. His most notable theory of comparative anatomy was the correlation theory. Cuvier recognized that all body structures are related to one another. Thus, he concluded that a single organ or structure could be used to predict the form of the rest of the animal's parts. Because this concept provided the basis for future work in the reconstruction of fossils, Cuvier is credited with originating modern paleontological theory and method. Cuvier's work led him to reject theories of continuous evolution. He developed a theory whereby all evolutionary changes were caused by "cataclysmic" geological events, an idea that was disproved by Charles Darwin and later evolutionists. During later life, Cuvier was recognized by Napoleon as one of France's foremost thinkers. Napoleon conferred a baroncy on him (1819) and appointed Cuvier director of the Department of Education of France. As director, Cuvier made reforms and innovations in the French educational system and founded new universities. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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(eng) Born as: Johann Leopold Nicolaus Friedrich Kuefer
Fotografie: Sculpture by David d'Angers, 1833
(Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen, 2006)
(Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen, 2006)
Werken van Baron Georges Cuvier
Cuvier's Animals: 867 Illustrations from the Classic Nineteenth-Century Work (Dover Pictorial Archive Series) (1996) 17 exemplaren
Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et… (1999) 17 exemplaren
A Discourse on the Revolutions of the Surface of the Globe, and the Changes Thereby Produced in the Animal Kingdom (1985) 14 exemplaren
Leçons d'anatomie comparée 6 exemplaren
Historical portrait of the progress of ichthyology : from its origins to our own time (1995) 2 exemplaren
Éloge historique de Joseph Priestley 2 exemplaren
The Theory of the Earth 1 exemplaar
Recherches Sur Les Ossemens Fossiles De Quadrupèdes: Où L'on Rétablit Les Caractères De Plusieurs Espèces… (2022) 1 exemplaar
Le Règne Animal Distribué d'Après Son Organisation, pour Servir de Base A l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux, Et… (2017) 1 exemplaar
Discours sur la théorie de la terre,: servant d'introduction aux recherches sur les ossemens fossiles 1 exemplaar
Lecons D'Anatomie Comparee, Vol. 7: Contenant La Description Des Organes D'Elaboration Et de Depuration Du Fluide… (2017) 1 exemplaar
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Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, Vol. 5 (Classic… door Georges Cuvier
Quite a nifty read - all five volumes are mostly pictures.
Pretty bloody lovely, this work - though I read a different edition that appears to be unlisted here. Really well drawn and painted, decent descriptions, and a whole lot of love in the making.
I just received for the A. P. Society 2: volumes of Comparative Anatomy by Cuvier, probably the greatest work in that line that has ever appeared. His comparisons embrace every organ of the animal economy, and from Man, to the rotifer ... (TJ to Benjamin Rush, 24 March 1801)
... There is a capital work in Comparative anatomy lately come out in France, written by Cuvier. It is in 2. v. 8vo. and nothing like it as to extent of plan or accuracy of performance has ever yet appeared in the world ... (TJ to Bishop Madison, 9 May 1801)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rbc3&fileName=rbc0001_2007jeffca...… (meer)
... There is a capital work in Comparative anatomy lately come out in France, written by Cuvier. It is in 2. v. 8vo. and nothing like it as to extent of plan or accuracy of performance has ever yet appeared in the world ... (TJ to Bishop Madison, 9 May 1801)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rbc3&fileName=rbc0001_2007jeffca...… (meer)
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