Title
Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau
Files
Description
Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau.
Subjects: Reproduction
Human skin color
Language: French
Notes: A remarkable work on embryology and genetic
Summary: A scientist, philosopher, and original thinker, Maupertuis was years ahead of his time in many aspects of biology, particularly embryology and genetics. His arguments against the then-prevailing theory of preformation and for epigenesis were so close to the idea of evolution that he is a true forerunner of Darwin and Mendel.
Publication Date
1745
Publisher
Jean Martin Husson
City
Hague
Keywords
reproduction, genetics, Rare Book Collection
Recommended Citation
The Rockefeller University, "Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau" (1745). Rare Books. 37.
https://digitalcommons.rockefeller.edu/rare-books/37