The Triumph of Evolution

many years.As well as from his written works, Professor Lindeboom draws important information from his letters, in which he was able to speak more freely.Thus, we learn of his vivisection of animals' hearts and how he tried to explain observations on his incorrect theories.These latter, as well as his more positive contributions, also stimulated research fruitfully.After general chapters, Descartes' physiology is dealt with in detail, and then his views on life prolongation.This is a remarkably useful book because not only does it present Descartes' biological and medical theories, but it also gives a useful survey of his life, his medical friends, his role as a scientist, his philosophical and scientific background, and his philosophy.It deserves a wide audience because it is the only book in English which deals with a vital phenomenon of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

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