Creatures Born of Mud and Slime - The Wonder and Complexity of Spontaneous Generation

How did the concept of spontaneous generation survive for so long?

About the author

Daryn Lehoux is a professor of classics and philosophy at Queen’s University. He is the author of What Did the Romans Know? An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking and Astronomy, Weather, and Calendars in the Ancient World: Parapegmata and Related Texts in Classical and Near-Eastern Societies.

Summary

Creatures Born of Mud and Slime is a compelling look at how we understand conceptions of scientific change, truth, and progress.

Product details

• Authors: Daryn Lehoux, Daryn (Queen's University) Lehoux, Daryn (Queen''s University) Lehoux
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781421423814
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-2381-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Singleton Center Books in Prem; Singleton Center Books in Premodern Europe; Singleton Center Books in Premodern Europe; Singleton Center Books in Prem
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Evolution, SCIENCE / History, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, History of Science, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, History of Western philosophy, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy