JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER CLASSIC REPRINT

ISBN: 9780267836321 Géneros: PSAJ Sinópsis: Excerpt from Joseph Dalton HookerSir joseph hooker was by general consent held to be the leading botanist of his age That age witnessed the greatest revolution of all time in biological thought It was the period when evolution was born and Hooker assisted at the birth It was then that the belief in fixity of species was shaken and finally overthrown in its place came a belief in the mutability of species and the genesis of new forms The change touched religious and philosophical thought profoundly and has led to a wholly altered outlook on life By right therefore Sir Joseph Hooker takes his place among the Pioneers of Progress He should stand in history at the right hand of Darwin as he actually did in fact throughout the period while the Origin of Species was in prepara tion But before the story of his life is told a brief historical sketch may help the reader to understand the part which he played in the great dramaAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works