Charles Darwin In Cambridge

Author : John van Wyhe
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814583992

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Charles Darwin in Cambridge by John van Wyhe Pdf

Charles Darwin's years as a student at the University of Cambridge were some of the most important and formative of his life. Thereafter he always felt a particular affection for Cambridge. For a time he even considered a Cambridge professorship as a career and sent three of his sons there to be educated. Unfortunately the remaining traces of what Darwin actually did and experienced in Cambridge have long remained undiscovered. Consequently his day-to-day life there has remained unknown and misunderstood. This book is based on new research, including newly discovered manuscripts and Darwin publications, and gathers together recollections of those who knew Darwin as a student. This book therefore reveals Darwin's time in Cambridge in unprecedented detail. Contents:Early Life 1809–1825Edinburgh University 1825–1827Coming Up to CambridgeFirst Year at CambridgeSecond Year at CambridgeThird Year at CambridgeLast Terms at CambridgeVoyage of the Beagle — and Return to CambridgeThe Origin of Species and Honorary Cambridge Degree1909: The First Darwin Centenary in Cambridge2009: The Second Darwin Centenary in CambridgeAcknowledgementsAppendicesReferencesIndex Readership: The book is aimed at undergraduate students, Historians and Scientists. Key Features:No other work covers this pivotal time in Darwin's life in such detailWritten by a member of Darwin's own collegeThe book is lavishly illustrated with never before seen contemporary illustrationsKeywords:Charles Darwin;University of Cambridge;Evolution;History of Science

Author : Charles Darwin,Frederick Burkhardt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521385644

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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 7, 1858-1859 by Charles Darwin,Frederick Burkhardt Pdf

The letters in this volume cover two of the most momentous years in Darwin's life. Begun in 1856 and the fruit of twenty years of study and reflection, Darwin's manuscript on the species question was a little more than half finished, and at least two years from publication, when in June 1858 Darwin unexpectedly received a letter and a manuscript from Alfred Russel Wallace indicating that he too had independently formulated a theory of natural selection. The letters detail the various stages in the preparation of what was to become one of the world's most famous works: Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, published by John Murray in November 1859. They reveal the first impressions of Darwin's book given by his most trusted confidants, and they relate Darwin's anxious response to the early reception of his theory by friends, family members, and prominent naturalists. This volume provides the capstone to Darwin's remarkable efforts for more than two decades to solve one of nature's greatest riddles - the origin of species.

Author : John Van Wyhe
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Science
ISBN : 9814583979

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Charles Darwin in Cambridge by John Van Wyhe Pdf

Charles Darwin's years as a student at the University of Cambridge were some of the most important and formative of his life. Thereafter he always felt a particular affection for Cambridge. For a time he even considered a Cambridge professorship as a career and sent three of his sons there to be educated. Unfortunately the remaining traces of what Darwin actually did and experienced in Cambridge have long remained undiscovered. Consequently his day-to-day life there has remained unknown and misunderstood. This book is based on new research, including newly discovered manuscripts and Darwin publications, and gathers together recollections of those who knew Darwin as a student. This book therefore reveals Darwin's time in Cambridge in unprecedented detail.

Author : William Arthur Brown,William Brown,Andrew C. Fabian
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521131957

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Darwin by William Arthur Brown,William Brown,Andrew C. Fabian Pdf

A multi-disciplinary overview, by leading authorities, of the influence of the work of Charles Darwin on arts, science and society.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 659 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521768894

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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 18, 1870 by Charles Darwin Pdf

The year leading up to the publication of Descent of Man, Darwin's first treatment of human evolution.

Author : Jonathan Hodge,Gregory Radick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139828352

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The Cambridge Companion to Darwin by Jonathan Hodge,Gregory Radick Pdf

The naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin (1809–82) ranks as one of the most influential scientific thinkers of all time. In the nineteenth century his ideas about the history and diversity of life - including the evolutionary origin of humankind - contributed to major changes in the sciences, philosophy, social thought and religious belief. The Cambridge Companion to Darwin has established itself as an indispensable resource for anyone teaching or researching Darwin's theories and their historical and philosophical interpretations. Its distinguished team of contributors examines Darwin's main scientific ideas and their development; Darwin's science in the context of its times; the influence of Darwinian thought in recent philosophical, social and religious debate; and the importance of Darwinian thought for the future of naturalist philosophy. For this second edition, coverage has been expanded to include two new chapters: on Darwin, Hume and human nature, and on Darwin's theories in the intellectual long run, from the pre-Socratics to the present.

Author : Jonathan Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006-07-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521856904

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Charles Darwin and Victorian Visual Culture by Jonathan Smith Pdf

A highly illustrated account of Darwin's visual representations of his theories, and their influence on Victorian literature, art and culture, first published in 2006.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1987-11-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521348072

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Charles Darwin's Natural Selection by Charles Darwin Pdf

Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species is unquestionably one of the chief landmarks in biology. The Origin (as it is widely known) was literally only an abstract of the manuscript Darwin had originally intended to complete and publish as the formal presentation of his views on evolution. Compared with the Origin, his original long manuscript work on Natural Selection, which is presented here and made available for the first time in printed form, has more abundant examples and illustrations of Darwin's argument, plus an extensive citation of sources.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521815260

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Charles Darwin's 'The Life of Erasmus Darwin' by Charles Darwin Pdf

Charles Darwin s book about his grandfather, The Life of Erasmus Darwin, is curiously fascinating. Before publication in 1879, it was shortened by 16%, with several of the cuts directed at its most provocative parts. The cutter, with Charles s permission, was his daughter Henrietta - an example of the strong hidden hand of meek-seeming Victorian women. This first unabridged edition, edited by Desmond King-Hele, includes all that Charles originally intended, the cuts being restored and printed in italics. Erasmus Darwin was one of the leading intellectuals of the eighteenth century. He was a respected physician, a well-known poet, a keen mechanical inventor, and a founding member of the influential Lunar Society. He also possessed an amazing insight into the many branches of physical and biological science. Most notably, he adopted what we now call biological evolution as his theory of life, 65 years prior to Charles Darwin s Origin of Species.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Richard West
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBS:UBBS-00039876

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The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin Pdf

Author : Kostas Kampourakis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107034914

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Understanding Evolution by Kostas Kampourakis Pdf

Bringing together conceptual obstacles and core concepts of evolutionary theory, this book presents evolution as straightforward and intuitive.

Author : Michael Ruse
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521195314

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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought by Michael Ruse Pdf

This volume is a comprehensive reference work on the life, labors, and influence of the great evolutionist Charles Darwin. With more than sixty essays written by an international group representing the leading scholars in the field, this is the definitive work on Darwin. It covers the background to Darwin's discovery of the theory of evolution through natural selection, the work he produced and his contemporaries' reactions to it, and evaluates his influence on science in the 150 years since the publication of Origin of Species. It also explores the implications of Darwin's discoveries in religion, politics, gender, literature, culture, philosophy, and medicine, critically evaluating Darwin's legacy. Fully illustrated and clearly written, it is suitable for scholars and students as well as the general reader. The wealth of information it provides about the history of evolutionary thought makes it a crucial resource for understanding the controversies that surround evolution today.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1985-03-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521255872

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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 1, 1821-1836 by Charles Darwin Pdf

This volume inaugurates a complete edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin. For the first time full authoritative texts of Darwin's letters are available, edited according to modern textual editorial principles and practice. The first volume of the edition contains the letters of the years 1821-1836. They begin with one written to Darwin at the age of twelve and continue through his school days at Shrewsbury, his two years as a medical student at Edinburgh, the undergraduate years at Cambridge, and his five years of exploration and learning during the voyage of the Beagle. These were Darwin's years of initiation and preparation for a life of science. In the earliest letters Darwin appears already keenly interested in natural history and an avid collector of minerals, plants, marine invertebrates, and insects - especially beetles. The letters of the succeeding years tell the story of the young Darwin's development up to his return to England when, at the age of twenty-seven, he was received as a colleague by Charles Lyell, Adam Sedgwick, and other leading scientists, who had already heard of his discoveries and observations during the Beagle voyage.

Author : Michael Ruse,Robert J. Richards
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521870795

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The Cambridge Companion to the 'Origin of Species' by Michael Ruse,Robert J. Richards Pdf

This Companion commemorates the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species and examines its main arguments. Drawing on the expertise of leading authorities in the field, it also provides the contexts - religious, social, political, literary, and philosophical - in which the Origin was written.

Author : Peter J. Bowler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1996-04-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0521562228

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Charles Darwin by Peter J. Bowler Pdf

Upon publication, Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species excited much debate and controversy, challenging the foundations of Christianity, nonetheless underpinning the Victorian concept of progress. It still evokes powerful and contradictory responses today. Peter Bowler's study of Darwin's life, first published in 1990, combines biography and cultural history. Emphasizing in particular the impact of Darwin's work, he shows how Darwin's contemporaries were unable to appreciate precisely those aspects of his thinking that are considered scientifically important today. He also demonstrates that Darwin was a product of his time, but he also transcended it by creating an idea capable of being exploited by twentieth-century scientists and intellectuals who had very different values from his own.