On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man - Principally with Reference to the Supply of his Wants and the Exercise of his
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Description
Regius professor of medicine at Oxford, John Kidd (1775–1851) published this Bridgewater Treatise in 1833. Kidd argues that animals, minerals and plants are adapted by God to serve mankind. This work exemplifies the influence of natural theology within the scientific establishment before the era of Darwin.
