A classic confrontation and its interpretations; Cuvier and Geoffroy: Collaborators on a new science; "Le legislateur de la science" Cuvier and functionalist anatomy; Geoffroy and the emergence of philosophical anatomy; The battle lines are drawn: 1820-1829; The debate before the academie; Beyond the academie: The many uses of the debate; Teleology, morphology, and evolution: The debate and the future of zoology.
"Appel has illuminated brilliantly the French intellectual scene in
the 19th century...Under consideration are not only biological
aspects of the debate, but also its religious, social and political
backgrounds, and its later influence on evolutionary theory and
other modalities of culture and intellect...This beautifully
organized, elegantly written book, based on sound research, is
recommended strongly to readers interested in the forms and
functions of the
organism that is science."--The Scientist
"The most thorough analysis we have of the controversy at issue; it
will also no doubt become a required reading for historians of
French biology in the first half of the last century, as well as
for sociologists interested in unravelling the intricacies of
scientific controversies."--Science
"The dispute between the zoologists Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) and
Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844)... has long been
recognized as an important episode in the history of the life
sciences....The Cuvier-Geoffroy Debate raises many issues of
general historical interest relating to science, culture and
society in early 19th-century France."--Times Higher Education
Supplement
"Appel in her long-awaited and exhilarating study has cut through
older historiography to provide the definitive modern
account....She shows that both men actually defended more extreme
positions than later commentators admitted. But she does much more,
and embeds this scientific analysis in a rich study of contemporary
institutional politics....Appel's masterly study is destined to
become a landmark."--Nature
"A first-class piece of work. The author covers an area of
science's history about which we have long known something, but not
enough; she balances judiciously the straight science and all of
the other factors, especially the politics of biology; and, above
all else, she tells a rattling good yarn about the clash between
two of the greatest prima donnas in the story of nineteenth-century
France." --American Historical Review
"Appel has illuminated brilliantly the French intellectual scene in
the 19th century...Under consideration are not only biological
aspects of the debate, but also its religious, social and political
backgrounds, and its later influence on evolutionary theory and
other modalities of culture and intellect...This beautifully
organized, elegantly written book, based on sound research, is
recommended strongly to readers interested in the forms and
functions of the
organism that is science."--The Scientist
"The most thorough analysis we have of the controversy at issue; it
will also no doubt become a required reading for historians of
French biology in the first half of the last century, as well as
for sociologists interested in unravelling the intricacies of
scientific controversies."--Science
"The dispute between the zoologists Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) and
Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844)... has long been
recognized as an important episode in the history of the life
sciences....The Cuvier-Geoffroy Debate raises many issues of
general historical interest relating to science, culture and
society in early 19th-century France."--Times Higher Education
Supplement
"Appel in her long-awaited and exhilarating study has cut through
older historiography to provide the definitive modern
account....She shows that both men actually defended more extreme
positions than later commentators admitted. But she does much more,
and embeds this scientific analysis in a rich study of contemporary
institutional politics....Appel's masterly study is destined to
become a landmark."--Nature
"A first-class piece of work. The author covers an area of
science's history about which we have long known something, but not
enough; she balances judiciously the straight science and all of
the other factors, especially the politics of biology; and, above
all else, she tells a rattling good yarn about the clash between
two of the greatest prima donnas in the story of nineteenth-century
France." --American Historical Review
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