Zoonomia

Erasmus Darwin's ambitious treatise on the laws of organic life, blending medicine, biology, and bold speculation about how living things change.

At a glance A landmark of Enlightenment natural philosophy from the grandfather of Charles Darwin. Before his more famous grandson was born, Erasmus Darwin was already asking large… Zoonomia is the vast, restless book in which he set those questions down. What it's about Zoonomia; or, the Laws of Organic Life is Erasmus Darwin's sweeping…

Zoonomia; or, the Laws of Organic Life is Erasmus Darwin's sweeping attempt to found a system of medicine and biology on general principles governing living things.