On the Anatomy of Vertebrates 3 Volume Set On the Anatomy of Vertebrates: Volume 1: Fishes and Reptiles

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On the Anatomy of Vertebrates 3 Volume Set On the Anatomy of Vertebrates: Volume 1: Fishes and Reptiles Author: Format: Paperback / softback First Published: Published By: Cambridge University Press
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Pages: 698 Illustrations and other contents: 452 Halftones, unspecified Language: English ISBN: 9781108038256 Categories: ,

Richard Owen F.R.S. (1804-92) was a controversial and influential palaeontologist and anatomist. Owen studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and at London’s St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He grew interested in anatomical research, and after qualifying he became assistant conservator in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, and then superintendent of natural history in the British Museum. He quickly became an authority on comparative anatomy and palaeontology, coining the term ‘dinosaur’ and founding the Natural History Museum. He was also a fierce critic of Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, and engaged in a long and bitter argument with Darwin’s ‘Bulldog’, Thomas Huxley. Published in 1866, this is the first book in a highly illustrated three-volume set that comprises a thorough overview of vertebrate anatomy. This volume focuses on the anatomy of fishes and reptiles, and includes a preface that outlines the author’s views on anatomical methodology.

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