Jules Marcou

Life, Letters, and Works of Louis Agassiz - Volume 1

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Volume 1 of Marcou's 1896 biography of Louis Agassiz (1807 1873) traces the life of the Swiss palaeontologist until 1847.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 475g
• ISBN-13: 9781108072601
• ISBN-10: 1108072607
• Artikelnr.: 32866685

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. 1807-1827. Ancestry
2. 1827-1832. Journey from Carlsruhe to Munich
3. 1831-1832. First visit to Paris
4. 1832-1835. Agassiz's first establishment at Neuchâtel
5. 1836-1837. The Wollaston Medal
6. 1836-1837 continued and 1838. Discussion raised by Agassiz's Discourse at Neuchâtel
7. 1838-1840. Agassiz's scientific activity
8. 1841-1842. Visit during the winter to the Aar Glacier
9. 1843-1844. 'Recherches sur les poissons fossiles'
10. 1845. 'Monographie des Myes'
11. 1846. Departure from Neuchâtel, March, 1846
12. 1846 continued -1847. Arrival in America, and reception by Mr. John A. Lowell.