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1 online resource |
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The development of Fritz Müller's worldview, 1822-1852 -- Leaving Germany for a new life in Brazil, 1849-1867 -- The countenance of nature transformed, 1861-1869 -- A broadening recognition, 1863-1876 -- Botany and the return to the Itajaí, 1865-1869 -- Darwin's variation, insects, and a traveling naturalist, 1868-1876 -- Evolutionary studies, 1876-1881 -- Lepidopteran scent and mimicry, 1870-1883 -- Plant movement, heredity, and variation, 1881-1887 -- Dismissals, civil war, and last years, 1884-1897 |
| Summary |
"David West explores Fritz Müller's (1821-1897) legacy as a Darwinist naturalist and seeks to return him to a cohort of some of the greatest nineteenth-century naturalists who conducted research in Brazil. West advances the theory that Müller, a great yet often overlooked nineteenth-century German naturalist, was Darwin's closest intellectual kin"--Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Müller, Fritz, 1822-1897 -- Biography
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 fast |
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Müller, Fritz, 1822-1897 fast |
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Müller, Fritz 1822-1897 gnd |
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Naturalists -- Germany -- Biography
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Naturalists -- Brazil -- Biography
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Natural history -- Brazil
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
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NATURE -- Essays.
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NATURE -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
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Natural history
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Naturalists
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Brazil
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Germany
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Burian, Richard M., writer of foreword
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Smocovitis, Vassiliki Betty, writer of foreword
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| ISBN |
9780813055800 |
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0813055806 |
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