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The Attributes of Genius from Newton to Darwin by Atkins, Sir Hedley
- Bookseller: Kalligraphia
 (GB)
- Bookseller Inventory #: 001807
- Format/binding: Hardback
- Book condition: Very Good.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Date published: 1971
- Keywords: Sir, Atkins, Hedley, Professor, Surgery, Guy, s, Hospital, Royal, College, Surgeons, Illustrated, Science, Scientist, Medicine, Attributes, Genius, John, Hunter, Hunterian, Oration, Goethe, Cuvier, William, Smith, Lyell, Richard, Owen, Mendel, Wallace, Te
- Subjects:
SCIENCE / General;
Book Description
Very Good.. 1971. Hardback. The Hunterian Festival 1971 - the Hunterian Oration delivered by Sir Hedley Atkins, Professor of Surgery, Guy's Hospital; Past President, The Royal College of Surgeons. Reprinted from "Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Volume 48 - April, 1971, Pages 193-218". Illustrated. With References. This fascinating Oration reviews the trends of certain aspects of biological thought from the mid-17th century to the mid-19th century as illustrated by the genius of some of its outstanding scientists, and attempts an analysis of genius as exemplified in the scientific disciplines. Scientists covered in this Oration include Isaac Newton, Carl Linnaeus, Gilbert White, James Hutton, John Hunter, Erasmus Darwin, Joseph Banks, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Charles Darwin, Thomas Malthus, Baron Cuvier, Johann Gauss (Carl Friedrich), Michael Faraday, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Joseph Hooker, Gregor Mendel, and Alfred Russel Wallace. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering, top and bottom of spine a little rubbed. Small ink lines in margins on three pages, not affecting text. Overall a clean copy in Very Good condition. .
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