Book ID: CBB000201405

Things Come to Life: Spontaneous Generation Revisited (2002)

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Harris, Henry (Author)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 2002
Physical Details: viii + 168 pp., illus., bibl., index
Language: English

Description “Account of the controversy surrounding the theory of spontaneous generation; … examines the theory and the attempts of many famous scientists and theologians to prove or disprove it.” (from publisher's web page)


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Review Summers, William C. (2004) Review of "Things Come to Life: Spontaneous Generation Revisited". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (p. 277). unapi

Review Heap, Brian (2003) Review of "Things Come to Life: Spontaneous Generation Revisited". Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (p. 107). unapi

Review Strick, James (2003) Review of "Things Come to Life: Spontaneous Generation Revisited". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 171). unapi

Review Brömer, Rainer (2004) Review of "Things Come to Life: Spontaneous Generation Revisited". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 224). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Bill Mesler
Cleaves, H. James, II
Wang, Xiaona
Michael Marshall
Roosth, Sophia
Sleigh, Charlotte
Concepts
Biogenesis; origin of life; spontaneous generation
Biology
Science and religion
Development; growth; life; death
Insects
Epigenesis
Time Periods
17th century
Ancient
21st century
20th century
16th century
20th century, late
Places
Netherlands
Japan
Italy
Greece
France
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