Jessica Riskin
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Jessica Riskin

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Jessica Riskin is the Frances and Charles Field Professor of History at Stanford University, where she teaches modern European history and the history of science. She is the author of The Restless Clock and Science in the Age of Sensibility. Her new book is The Power of Life: The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. She is a regular contributor to a number of publications, including Aeon, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and the New York Review of Books. She lives in Berkeley, California.
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    • The Power of Life

    • The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
    • By: Jessica Riskin
    • Narrated by: Ellen Adair
    • Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 24-03-2026
    • Language: English
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