Download or read book Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence written by Louis Agassiz and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of notes and correspondences in the life of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz. Agassiz was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history. Agassiz is known for his regimen of observational data gathering and analysis. He made vast institutional and scientific contributions to zoology, geology, and related areas, including writing multivolume research books running to thousands of pages.