{"product_id":"9789024731657","title":"The Light of Nature: Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science presented to A.C. Crombie","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Light of Nature: Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science presented to A.C. Crombie\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eNorth, J.D.; Roche, J.J.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume of essays is meant as a tribute to Alistair Crombie by some of those who have studied with him. The occasion of its publication is his seven­ tieth birthday - 4 November 1985. Its contents are a reflection - or so it is hoped - of his own interests, and they indicate at the same time his influence on subjects he has pursued for some forty years. Born in Brisbane, Australia, Alistair Cameron Crombie took a first degree in zoology at the University of Melbourne in 1938, after which he moved to Je­ sus College, Cambridge. There he took a doctorate in the same subject (with a dissertation on population dynamics - foreshadowing a later interest in the history of Darwinism) in 1942. By this time he had taken up a research position with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in the Cambridge Zoological La­ boratory, a position he left in 1946, when he moved to a lectureship in the his­ tory and philosophy of science at University College, London. H. G. Andrewa­ ka and L. C. Birch, in a survey of the history of insect ecology (R. F. Smith, et al. , History of Entomology, 1973), recognise the importance of the works of Crombie (with which they couple the earlier work of Gause) as the principal sti­ mulus for the great interest taken in interspecific competition in the mid 194Os.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1985-10-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789024731657\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-009-5119-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 297.0cm x210.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 471.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45378880864396,"sku":"9789024731657","price":323.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789024731657_80f04555-b678-444b-b2e5-1d41cae10ff1.jpg?v=1765470562","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789024731657","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}