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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- CONTENTS VII
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX
- Acknowledgments 1
- Chapter 1 Introduction 5
- Chapter 2 The Ragged Cartesian Fabric of Eighteenth-Century Biology 25
- Chapter 3 Geneva: The Cultural Matrix 51
- Chapter 4 The Discovery of the Polyp 85
- Chapter 5 Bonnet's Response to the Discovery and the Worm With Two Tails 137
- Chapter 6 Metaphysical Debate in Geneva 155
- Chapter 7 Conclusion 179
- Appendix A The Bonnet-Trembley Correspondence 189
- Appendix B The Bonnet-Cramer Correspondence 239
- Appendix C The Bonnet—Réaumur, Trembley—Réaumur Letters 243
- Selected Bibliography 253
- INDEX 263
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- CONTENTS VII
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX
- Acknowledgments 1
- Chapter 1 Introduction 5
- Chapter 2 The Ragged Cartesian Fabric of Eighteenth-Century Biology 25
- Chapter 3 Geneva: The Cultural Matrix 51
- Chapter 4 The Discovery of the Polyp 85
- Chapter 5 Bonnet's Response to the Discovery and the Worm With Two Tails 137
- Chapter 6 Metaphysical Debate in Geneva 155
- Chapter 7 Conclusion 179
- Appendix A The Bonnet-Trembley Correspondence 189
- Appendix B The Bonnet-Cramer Correspondence 239
- Appendix C The Bonnet—Réaumur, Trembley—Réaumur Letters 243
- Selected Bibliography 253
- INDEX 263