Book cover for A History of the Earth and Animated Nature: With an Introductory View of the Animal Kingdom Translated From the French of Baron Cuvier and Copious Notes Embracing Accounts of New Discoveries in Natural History; Volume 2 by Mary Shelley, Oliver Goldsmith and Edward Moxon

A History of the Earth and Animated Nature

With an Introductory View of the Animal Kingdom Translated From the French of Baron Cuvier and Copious Notes Embracing Accounts of New Discoveries in Natural History; Volume 2

2023 Released
630 Pages
10-15 Hours
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Legare Street PressISBN 9781022519763

Baron Cuvier's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature' is a groundbreaking work of natural history that revolutionized the way we understand the world around us. In this translation, Edward Moxon provides copious notes and updates to Cuvier's original text, including accounts of new discoveries in the natural sciences. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Oliver Goldsmith provide introductions to the work, contextualizing its importance. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in science, nature, and the history of ideas.

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Mary Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born on August 30, 1797, into a life of personal tragedy. In 1816, she married the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and that summer traveled with him and a host of other Romantic intellectuals to Geneva. Her greatest achievement was piecing together one of the most terrifying and renowned stories of all time: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Shelley said she conceived of Frankenstein in “a waking dream.” This vision was simply of a student kneeling before a corpse brought to life. Yet this tale of a mad creator and his abomination has inspired a multitude of storytellers and artists. She died on February 1, 1851.

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