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Author Dolnick, Edward, 1952- author.

Title The seeds of life : from Aristotle to da Vinci, from shark's teeth to frogs' pants, the long and strange quest to discover where babies come from / Edward Dolnick.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, [2017]
©2017

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  612.6 DOLNICK    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  612.6 DOLNICK    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  612.6 DOL    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  612.6 DOLNICK    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  612.6 DOLNICK    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  612.6 DOL    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  612.6 DOLNICK    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  612.6 DOLNICK    Check Shelf
Description ix, 309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-296) and index.
Contents Prologue: England in the early 1630s -- Part one: Peering into the body. Onward to glory ; Hidden in deep night ; Swallowing stones and drinking dew ; Unmoored in time ; "Double, double toil and trouble" ; Door A or door B? -- Part two: The search for the egg. Missing: one universe (reward to finder) ; Sharks' teeth and cows' eggs ; The egg, at last ; A world in a drop of water ; "Animals of the semen" -- Part three: Russian dolls. Dolls within dolls ; The message in God's fine print ; Sea of troubles ; The rabbit woman of Godliman ; "All in pieces, all coherence gone" ; The cathedral that built itself ; A vase in silhouette -- Part four: The clockwork topples and a new theory rises. Frogs in silk pants ; A drop of venom ; The craze of the century ; "I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open" ; The nose of the Sphinx ; "The game is afoot" ; Caught!
Summary A history of the early scientists who engaged in genius or quack experiments in their effort to explain human conception profiles the remarkable theories that reflected period innovation, religious beliefs, and personal biases.
Subject Human reproduction -- History.
Human reproduction -- Mythology.
Human reproduction -- Social aspects.
SCIENCE -- History.
HISTORY -- Social History.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General.
Human reproduction. (OCoLC)fst00963221
Human reproduction -- Mythology. (OCoLC)fst00963237
Human reproduction -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00963251
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780465082957 (hardcover)
0465082955 (hardcover)
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