Text prepared, introduced and annotated by Stéphane Schmitt with the collaboration of Cédric Crémière
Like the previous volumes, it aims at both the accuracy of the data, the quality of the style and the search for general views. In this regard, the introductory text, "Carnivorous Animals," offers Buffon an opportunity to return to important scientific and philosophical questions, such as brain function, and to continue his dialogue with Rousseau on the relationship between nature Humanity and society.
Stéphane Schmitt is director of research at CNRS (SPHERE, UMR 7219, Paris). His research focuses on the history of the life sciences of the eighteenth to the twentieth century, particularly on the development of anatomy and embryology in connection with the development of theories of evolution.
Cédric Crémière, heritage curator and director of the Museum of Natural History of Le Havre, is particularly interested in the history of anatomy and collections.
: : Champion
: : Collection "Age des Lumières", n° 0063
: : 544 pages
: : December 2011, Paris
: : ISBN : 9782745322395
