Evolutionary Theory and the Florence Paleontological Collections

Evolution: Education and Outreach

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-13

  Dominici, Stefano ^a   Cioppi, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Charles Darwin; Geohistory; History of science; Nicolas Steno; Tuscany

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864812347     PISSN: 19366426     EISSN: 19366434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12052-012-0404-3     Document Type: Review

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