Article ID: CBB001552690

The Coast of Northeast Brazil as a Darwinian Scientific Object: The Explorations of John Casper Branner, 1899--1911 (2014)

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Oliveira, Almir Leal de (Author)


História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Volume: 21, no. 3
Issue: 3
Pages: 931-949


Publication Date: 2014
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Portuguese.
Language: Portuguese

John Casper Branner, a US geologist, had a long history of research in Brazil. The article analyzes his exploration of the geology of the coast of Northeast Brazil during the Branner-Agassiz (1899) and Stanford (1911) expeditions. In the findings from both voyages, Branner characterized the geomorphology of sedimentary basins, sandstone reefs, and coral reefs from a Darwinian evolutionary perspective, blending natural history's model of field research with the practices of modern biology and dynamic geology. He based his interpretation of the evolution of the geological formation on physical and chemical factors. Zoological studies identified the place of evolutionary variation and adaptations of isolated marine species as an auxiliary factor in natural selection.

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Authors & Contributors
Figueirôa, Silvia Fernanda de Mendonça
Sá, Magali Romero
Domingues, Heloisa Maria Bertol
Glick, Thomas F.
Aleman Berenguer, Rafael Andrés
Brzezinski Prestes, María Elice de
Journals
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Almagest
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Journal of the History of Biology
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Publishers
Brill
Editora Fiocruz
Editora Hucitec
Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa
Harper Collins
Kluwer Academic
Concepts
Darwinism
Evolution
Geology
Travel; exploration
Biology
Natural history
People
Darwin, Charles Robert
Leme, Alberto Betim Paes
Bonnet, Charles
Cunha, Euclides da
Domingues, Octavio
Franklin, Rosalind
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Brazil
South America
Latin America
Great Britain
Chicago (Illinois, U.S.)
Portugal
Institutions
University of Chicago
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