Article ID: CBB001420546

Lazzaro Spallanzani e os fósseis: das observações em viagens naturalísticas ao ensino de história natural (2011)

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This article analyzes opinions expressed by Italian naturalist Lazzaro Spallanzani on the origin and constitution of fossils on three of his travels, which punctuated three courses in mineralogy he gave in the natural history discipline at the University of Pavia. These trips to Portovenere, the island of Cerigo and the Two Sicilies enabled him to address important topics, such as the discovery of fossilized shells inside volcanic rocks, the discovery of human fossils, and the existence of fossils of species that had 'been lost', incorporating knowledge being developed at the time that drew on mineral chemistry. His concern with fossils is demonstrative of how Spallanzani, in true eighteenth century fashion, integrated studies from the three kingdoms of nature.

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Authors & Contributors
Brzezinski Prestes, María Elice de
Allmon, Warren D.
Anderson, Gemma
Brandão, José Manuel
Cioppi, Elisabetta
Clary, Renee M.
Journals
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Archives of Natural History
Circumscribere: International Journal for the History of Science
Filosofia e História da Biologia
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Leonardo
Publishers
Geological Society of America
Éditions du Seuil
Olschki
Universidad de Granada
University of Connecticut
Concepts
Natural history
Paleontology
Fossils
Geology
Earth sciences
Museums
People
Spallanzani, Lazzaro
Barrett, Lucas
Dávila, Pedro Franco
Deshayes, Gérard Paul
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
16th century
20th century
Enlightenment
Places
Italy
Europe
Spain
Massachusetts (U.S.)
New York (U.S.)
France
Institutions
Università di Pavia
University of Padua
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