Biology in the Nineteenth Century: Problems of Form, Function and Transformation
- ISBN-10
- 052129293X
- ISBN-13
- 9780521292931
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 187
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1977
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- William Coleman
Description
Essential themes in the development of the life sciences during the nineteenth century.
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