Buffon's Natural History, Volume 02 (of 10) by Buffon
"Buffon's Natural History, Volume 02 (of 10)" by Buffon is an encyclopedic work published between 1749-1804. This monumental collection encompasses the natural sciences of its era, from animal life to minerals, physics to technology. Volume 02 focuses on the general history of animals and the natural history of humans. The work challenged biblical chronology and introduced secular perspectives on Earth's origins, earning both widespread acclaim and religious criticism. Its detailed observations laid
groundwork for future evolutionary thought, making Buffon a pivotal figure in natural history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788 |
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| Editor | Barr, James Smith |
| Title |
Buffon's Natural History, Volume 02 (of 10) Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Mineral, &c. &c |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_Naturelle |
| Credits |
Produced by Chris Curnow, Tom Cosmas and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 49.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | QH: Science: Natural history |
| Subject | Natural history |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 45602 |
| Release Date | May 7, 2014 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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