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In Darwin's Mother, curious beasts are excavated in archeological digs, Charles Darwin's daughter describes the challenges of breeding pigeons, and a forest of trees shift and sigh in their sleep. With a keen sense of irony that rejects an anthropocentric worldview and an imagination both philosophical and playful, the poems in this collection are marked by a tireless curiosity about the intricate workings of life, consciousness, and humanity's place in the universe.
While much has been written about the life and works of Charles Darwin, the lives of his ten children remain largely unexamined. Most "Darwin books" consider his children as footnotes to the life of their famous father and close with the death of Charles Darwin. This is the only book that deals substantially with the lives of his children from their birth to their death, each in his or her own chapter. Tim Berra's Darwin and His Children: His Other Legacy explores Darwin's marriage to his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood, a devout Unitarian, who worried that her husband's lack of faith would keep them apart in eternity, and describes the early death of three children of this consanguineous marriage. Many of the other children rose to prominence in their own fields. William Darwin became a banker and tended the Darwin family's substantial wealth. Henrietta Darwin edited Charles' books and wrote a biography of her mother. Three of Darwin's sons were knighted and elected Fellows of the Royal Society: Sir George Darwin was the world's expert on tides, Sir Francis Darwin developed the new field of plant physiology, and Sir Horace Darwin founded the world-class Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company. Major Leonard Darwin was a military man, Member of Parliament, and patron of early genetic research. This book, richly illustrated with photographs of the Darwin family, demonstrates the intellectual atmosphere whirling about the Darwin household, portrays loving family relationships, and explores entertaining vignettes from their lives.
In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Boston Globe calls "one of the most provocative thinkers on the planet," focuses his unerringly logical mind on the theory of natural selection, showing how Darwin's great idea transforms and illuminates our traditional view of humanity's place in the universe. Dennett vividly describes the theory itself and then extends Darwin's vision with impeccable arguments to their often surprising conclusions, challenging the views of some of the most famous scientists of our day.
Winner of the 2013 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize Best Bones is a house. When you walk around the rooms of the house, you overhear the desires and griefs of a family, as well as the unresolved concerns of lingering ghosts. The various voices in the house struggle against the family roles and social identities that they must wear like heavy garments—mother, father, wife, husband, sister, brother, servant, and master. All these voices crave unification; they want to join themselves into one whole sentient being, into “a mansion steering itself.” The poems in Best Bones also explore the experience of living in a physical body, and how the natural world intersects with manmade landscapes and technologies. In it, mother has a reset button, servants blend into the furniture, and a doctor patiently oversees the pregnancy of the earth. In these poems, the body is a working machine, a repository of childhood myth and archetype, and a window to the spiritual world. The poems strive to be visceral on the level of dream, or of a story that is half remembered and half fabricated.
Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species, his revolutionary tract on evolution and the fundamental ideas involved, in 1859. Nearly 150 years later, the theory of evolution continues to create tension between the scientific and religious communities. Challenges about teaching the theory of evolution in schools occur annually all over the country. This same debate raged within Darwin himself, and played an important part in his marriage: his wife, Emma, was quite religious, and her faith gave Charles a lot to think about as he worked on a theory that continues to spark intense debates. Deborah Heiligman's new biography of Charles Darwin is a thought-provoking account of the man behind evolutionary theory: how his personal life affected his work and vice versa. The end result is an engaging exploration of history, science, and religion for young readers. Charles and Emma is a 2009 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature.
A fresh account of Charles Darwin’s rich personal and professional lives, well beyond On the Origin of Species. In 1859 Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species. With this bedrock of biology books, Darwin carved a new origin-story for all life: evolution rather than creation. But this single book is not the whole story. In this new biography, J. David Archibald describes and analyzes Darwin’s prodigious body of work and complex relationships with colleagues, as well as his equally productive home life—he lived with his wife and seven surviving children in the bustling environs of Down House, south of London. There, among his family and friends, Darwin continued to experiment and write many more books on orchids, sex, emotions, and earthworms until his death in 1882, when he was honored with burial at Westminster Abbey. This is a fresh, up-to-date account of the life and work of a most remarkable man.
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin by Charles Darwin Pdf
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin is an autobiography by the English naturalist with the world-famous Charles Darwin. Darwin wrote the text, which he entitled Recollections of the Development of my Mind and Character, as a memoir for the closest people. According to his words, he started writing it on about May 28, 1876, and had finished it by August 3. The lost passages were later restored by Darwin's granddaughter Nora Barlow in a 1958 edition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of The Origin of Species publication.
Who Was Charles Darwin? by Deborah Hopkinson,Who HQ Pdf
As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded forconducting “useless” experiments. Yet his passion for the natural world was so strong that he suffered through terrible seasickness during his five-year voyage aboard The Beagle. Darwin collected new creatures from the coasts of Africa, South America, and the Galapagos Islands, and expanded his groundbreaking ideas that would change people's understanding of the natural world. About 100 illustrations and a clear, exciting text will make Darwin and his theory of evolution an exciting discovery for every young reader.
Emma Darwin - A Century of Family Letters 1792-1896 by Henrietta Litchfield Pdf
EMMA A . FAMILY LETTERS 1792-1896. VOLUME II. Contents include: CHAPTER I. 1838- 1839. The engagement of diaries Darwin and Emma Wedgwood Dr Darwins delight Suburbs versus London-A letter from Sismondi IIouse-htuiting ...... 125 CHAPTER IL 1830. Tho wedding at Maer-Caroline's baby dies Life At Gower Street Ilonrioigh becomes Registrar of Cab Elizabeth gives tip the Sunday-school CharloB and Emmaa first visit to Maer Their child born Docs, 27, 1830 My mothers character 2640 CHAPTER ILL 1840--1842. Oharle Darwin in bad hoalthThe SiRmondie at Gower Street and Tonby-Miss Edgoworth and Emma Darwin Anna Klijsaboth Darwin, bom Eraflmus and MIBS Martineau Charie and ocl ly at ShtewMbuty-Simoadi tt fatal illnettH The birth of Edmund ffl CHAPTEK IV, A Itovolttitoti, nt Sonov Tftkuig ohildrou to the pantomim v OharUm Darwin meets Humboldt lie visits Elizabeth with Rmma at Oower StWMUfc Emma at June 25, 1842 Jesate to live al Tenby M, - 74 CHAPTER V, DOWN. Tha of JoHiah WedgwoodThe birth and ctaftth of Knwttai third cUMr-A visit from Wd-ddldm Tkoy get lout in tie Big Woodft 78 HI T vi Contents CHAPTEE VI. 18431845. The death of Jolm Allen Emma and Fanny Allen leave Crossolly Josiali Wedgwoods death Our nurse Brodie-Henrietta Darwin born Sept. 25, 1843 Charles at Shrewsbury Madame Sfsmondi at Chtae A visit to Combe Florey Emma at Maor Mazzini and Carlyle George Darwin born July Oth, 1845 Improve ments at Down 8297 CHAPTER VII, 1846. The death of Bessy on March 31st, 1846 Elizabeth leaver Maw Emma Darwin and two of her children at Tonby 98104 CHAPTEE VIIL 18471848. Elizabeth Darwin born Sarah Wedgwood aottloB at Down - Eliza beth Wedgwood and the Langtons loavo Staflordftluro Hart field Fanny Allen on a round of visits-The French . Revolution of 48 - Charles Darwin at Shrewsbury---Prauma Darwin bora August 16th, 1848 Dr Darwins death November 13th, 1848 108120 CHAPTER IX. 18491851. Life at Down Malvorn water-cure-A tour in Walcw--Jwwb Sismondi on F. W. Newman The Aliens youlhy ttgcv Hay wood Lane Misa Martinaau and Mr AtkinMon- A party at tint Bunsens 121 - IS I CHAPTER X, 180L Illness and death of Annie at Malvorn 13-I in CHAPTEE XI. 1851-4863, Tho Greai Exhibition o 1851, Jennlo Stamtmdi on llmmil t ml tho Coup d ltat George Darwin EraHmuH l arwht- Furiwy Alton goes to ALi-lcB-Baias wifch Kliabtii--JoHto Mfcmcmdi on March 3r4, 1803Tlio doatruotion of StamondiH iil journals, ., ., t, in, ifir Contents vii CHAPTEE XII. 18531859. Eastbourne and Cliobliam Camp Miss Langdon at I-Iartfield Sydney Smiths Xtife A month. In London Florence Nightin gale A High-church wedding Sarah Wedgwoods death Letters to William DarwinHis speech at Cambridge Moor Park - The Origin of Species Two letters from my mother to iny father on religion 154 175 CHAPTEE XIII, 18601869. A long illness The death of Charlotte Langton in 1862 The illness of my mother and Leonard A humane trap for animals Catherine Darwins marriage to Charles Langton My fathers continual illness The deaths of Catherine Langton and Susan Darwin in 1866-The Huxley children at Down George a second Wrangler A month in London Elizabeth Wedgwood comes to live at Down Freshwater My fathers accident oti riding-Shrewsbury and Caerdoon . . . 170195 CHAPTEB XIV. 18701871. ZVn DtMiMt of . Man-Polly the Ur-hund- Tho Franco-German War - On keeping SundayErasmus Darwin The marriage of Henrietta Darwin A wedding-gift from the Working Mens College 196207 ...
First published in 1839, “The Voyage of the Beagle” is the book written by Charles Darwin that chronicles his experience of the famous survey expedition of the ship HMS Beagle. Part travel memoir, part scientific field journal, it covers such topics as biology, anthropology, and geology, demonstrating Darwin's changing views and ideas while he was developing his theory of evolution. A book highly recommended for those with an interest in evolution and is not to be missed by collectors of important historical literature. Contents include: “St. Jago—Cape De Verd Islands”, “Rio De Janeiro”, “Maldonado”, “Rio Negro To Bahia Blanca”, “Bahia Blanca”, “Bahia Blanca To Buenos Ayres”, “Banda Oriental And Patagonia”, etc. Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882) was an English geologist, naturalist, and biologist most famous for his contributions to the science of evolution and his book “On the Origin of Species” (1859). This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.
In these extraordinary poems, using multiple viewpoints - from Darwin himself, to his beloved wife Emma, and even, at one point, the orangutang at London Zoo - Ruth Padel illuminates the development of Darwin's thought, the drama of the discovery of evolution, and the fluctuating emotions of Darwin the husband, the naturalist and the tender father, in a powerful tribute to her famous ancestor. Shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Poetry Award.
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin by Charles Darwin Pdf
"My father's autobiographical recollections were written for his children, and written without any thought that they would ever be published. To many this may seem an impossibility; but those who knew my father will understand how it was not only possible, but natural. The autobiography bears the heading 'Recollections of the Development of my Mind and Character,' and end with the following note: "- Aug. 3, 1876. This sketch of my life was begun about May 28th at Hopedene (Mr. Hensleigh Wedgwood's house in Surrey.), and since then I have written for nearly an hour on most afternoons." It will easily be understood that, in a narrative of a personal and intimate kind written for his wife and children, passages should occur which must here be omitted; and I have not thought it necessary to indicate where such omissions are made." - Francis DarwinSelf-taught and ambitious, Charles Darwin is most famous for his groundbreaking-and to some still controversial-theory of evolution and natural selection. In Autobiographies the great scientist weighs his career and his life.Darwin's memoir concentrates on his public career and towering scientific achievements but is also full of moments from his private life. There are lively anecdotes about his family and contemporaries, as well as haunting memories of a mother he never knew, a hot-tempered father he could never please, and lingering doubts about the fitness of the genes he was passing on to his heirs.
The Young Charles Darwin by Keith Stewart Thomson Pdf
This book is the first to inquire into the range of influences and ideas, the mentors and rivals, and the formal and informal education that shaped Charles Darwin and prepared him for his remarkable career of scientific achievement. Keith Thomson concentrates on Darwin's early life as a schoolboy, a medical student at Edinburgh, a theology student at Cambridge, and a naturalist aboard the Beagle on its famous five-year voyage
