The Transatlantic Notebook
The Transatlantic Notebook
AC Sieffert
Cuvier and the Birth of Compared Anatomy
45 minutes Posted Jun 3, 2021 at 4:52 pm.
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In this episode, we look at cabinets of curiosities, and their history in the early modern period in Europe. From there, we jump forward in time to talk about a prominent French scientist, Cuvier, and the science he establishes, compared anatomy, to discuss how racism established itself in science in the long 19th century.