Darwin's Man in Brazil: The Evolving Science of Fritz M?ller by David A. West (E

by David A. West

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The Nile on eBay Darwin's Man in Brazil by David A. West Fritz M ller, though not as well known as his colleague Charles Darwin, belongs in the cohort of great nineteenthcentury naturalists. In Darwin s Man in Brazil, David A. West recovers M ller s legacy. He describes the close intellectual kinship between M ller and Darwin, detailing a lively correspondence spanning seventeen years, in which the two men often exchanged ideas. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description Fritz M ller (1821 1897), though not as well known as his colleague Charles Darwin, belongs in the cohort of great nineteenthcentury naturalists. In Darwin s Man in Brazil, David A. West recovers M ller s legacy. He describes the close intellectual kinship between M ller and Darwin, detailing a lively correspondence spanning seventeen years, in which the two men often discussed new research topics and exchanged ideas. Darwin frequently praised M ller s powers of observation and interpretation, counting him among those scientists whose opinions he valued most.A free thinker who refused to sign the Christian oaths required of teachers in Prussia, M ller emigrated to Brazil in 1852 to become a pioneer farmer researching tropical biology. In the 1860s he reorganized his biological research in order to test Darwin s theory of evolution. Conducting field studies to answer questions generated from a Darwinian perspective, M ller was unique among naturalists testing Darwin s theory of na

• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780813062600
• Condition: Fine

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