The Ovary of Eve
Egg and Sperm and Preformation
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Publication
1998-11-01 - University Of Chicago Press
Language
English
Word Count
105,000 words, Guess
Page Count
420 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-100226669548
- ISBN-139780226669540
- Goodreads1212093
- LibraryThing942398
- Better World Books9780226669540
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL9584821M
Description
The Ovary of Eve is a rich and often hilarious account of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century efforts to understand conception. In these early years of the Scientific Revolution, the most intelligent men and women of the day struggled to come to terms with the origins of new life, and one theory—preformation—sparked an intensely heated debate that continued for over a hundred years. Clara Pinto-Correia traces the history of this much maligned theory through the cultural capitals of Europe.
First Sentence
IT IS THE MIDDLE of the seventeenth century, and a highly mystical Dutchman, blessed with the most refined microscopic talent, is present at a convention of learned people in the country home of the Parisian gentleman Melchisedec Thevenot, a former representative of the French king in Genoa and well-traveled citizen of the world.
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Other Editions
- The Ovary of Eve: Egg and Sperm and Preformation
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