Generation of Animals
Gelesen von Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle
(4,25 Sterne; 2 Bewertungen)
Generation of Animals (or On the Generation of Animals; Greek: Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως (Peri Zoion Geneseos); Latin: De Generatione Animalium)
Book 1: Sexual Parts, Semen & Sexual Generation
Book 2: Sexes, Embryo Development & Sterility
Book 3: Birds, Fish, Cephalopods, Insects, Bees & Testacea
Book 4: Causes of Sex, Heredity & Teratology
Book 5: Distinction between Necessity and the Final Cause
Charles Darwin wrote: "Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere schoolboys to old Aristotle." (Life and Letters, vol. iii, p. 252) - Summary by Geoffrey Edwards (8 hr 18 min)
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interesting
Hiker1956
(4,5 Sterne)
interesting about the information shared from BC times. I was impressed by how much research was done in those days that was correct and by some of the misconceptions they came up. The beginnings of science and unfolding of knowledge.