Louis Agassiz

“This book is not just about a man of science but also about a scientific culture in the making—warts and all.” —The New York Times Book Review Charismatic and controversial Swiss immigrant Louis Agassiz took America by storm in the early nineteenth century, becoming a defining force in American science. Yet today, many don’t know the complex story behind this revolutionary figure.   At a young age, Agassiz—zoologist, glaciologist, and paleontologist—was invited to deliver a series of lectu