Louis Agassiz

Louis Agassiz
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 453
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ISBN-10 : 9780547577678
ISBN-13 : 0547577672
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Book Synopsis Louis Agassiz by : Christoph Irmscher

Download or read book Louis Agassiz written by Christoph Irmscher and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative new life restoring Agassiz--America's most famous natural scientist of the 19th century, inventor of the Ice Age, stubborn anti-Darwinist--to his glorious, troubling place in science and culture.


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