Louis Agassiz: Creator of American Science
by Irmscher, Christoph, Dr
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0547577672
- ISBN 13
- 9780547577678
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Houghton Mifflin, 2013. Hard cover. Good/Good. 96x21x144. An x-library copy; Else Very good in Very Good condition. One hundred and seventy-five years ago, a Swiss immigrant took America by storm, launching American science as we know it. The irrepressible Louis Agassiz, legendary at a young age for his work on mountain glaciers, focused his prodigious energies on the fauna of the New World. Invited to deliver a series of lectures in Boston, he never left, becoming the most famous scientist of his time. A pioneer in field research and an obsessive collector, Agassiz enlisted the American public in a vast campaign to send him natural specimens, dead or alive, for his ingeniously conceived museum of comparative zoology. As an educator of enduring impact, he trained a generation of American scientists and science teachers, men and women alike. Irmscher sheds new light on Agassizâs fascinating partnership with his brilliant wife, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, a science writer in her own right who would go on to become the first president of Radcliffe College.
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- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Louis Agassiz: Creator of American Science
- Author
- Irmscher, Christoph, Dr
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0547577672
- ISBN 13
- 9780547577678
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2013
- Size
- 96x21x144
- X weight
- 22 oz
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