Buch, Englisch, 158 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 208 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics
With Additions by the Author
Buch, Englisch, 158 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 208 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics
ISBN: 978-1-108-07866-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Known for developing the concept of Müllerian mimicry, whereby poisonous species with a common predator display similar warning signals, the naturalist Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller (1821–97) spent most of his working life in Brazil. Having emigrated from Germany, owing partly to his radical atheism, he became a strong early supporter of Darwinism. Drawing on his studies of crustaceans, he originally published this work in German as Für Darwin (1864), and sent the great naturalist a copy. Müller became a regular correspondent, and Darwin supported the translation of Müller's work, firstly for his personal use and also in the published 1869 version that is reissued here, rendered into English by the naturalist William Sweetland Dallas (1824–90), with several updates by Müller. Using case studies of crustaceans to provide evidence for certain aspects of Darwinian theory, Müller draws up evolutionary classifications of the various species examined.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Introductory; 2. The species of Melita; 3. Morphology of crustacea; 4. Sexual peculiarities and dimorphism; 5. Respiration in land crabs; 6. Structure of the heart in Edriophthalma; 7. Developmental history of Podophthalma; 8. Developmental history of Edriophthalma; 9. Developmental history of Entomostraca, Cirripedes, and Rhizocephala; 10. On the principles of classification; 11. On the progress of evolution; 12. Progress of evolution in crustacea.
