Zoological Philosophy Lamarck Elliott Paperback Cambridge University Press

Zoological PhilosophyAn Exposition with Regard to the Natural History of Animals\nAuthor(s): Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck, Hugh Samuel Roger Elliott\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108038423, 978-1108038423\nSynopsis\nThe great French zoologist Lamarck [tel] was best known for his theory of evolution, called 'soft inheritance', whereby organisms pass down acquired characteristics to their offspring. Originally a soldier, Lamarck later studied medicine and biology. His distinguished career included admission to the French Academy of Sciences [tel], and appointments as Royal Botanist [tel] and as professor of zoology at the Muse Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793. Acknowledged as the premier authority on invertebrate zoology, he is credited with coining the term 'invertebrates'. In this 1809 work, translated into English in 1914, he outlines his theory that under the pre.