Emma Darwin

Author : Deborah Heiligman
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-06
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781429934954

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Charles and Emma by Deborah Heiligman Pdf

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.

Author : Edna Healey
Publisher : Headline
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780755361601

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Emma Darwin by Edna Healey Pdf

Much has been written about Charles Darwin but this is the first biography of his strong, intelligent wife. Emma Wedgwood, granddaughter of the famous Josiah, married Charles Darwin in 1839, three years after he returned from his extraordinary voyage on the Beagle. Their life together was intellectually exciting though overshadowed by personal tragedy. Edna Healey has discovered new, and hitherto unpublished, material and has had the full support of the Darwin family in writing this major biography.

Author : Henrietta Emma Darwin Litchfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCSF:31378007619904

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Emma Darwin, a Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896 by Henrietta Emma Darwin Litchfield Pdf

Author : H. E. Litchfield
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108011730

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Emma Darwin, Wife of Charles Darwin by H. E. Litchfield Pdf

Originally published in 1904, this is the first of two volumes of family letters by and to Emma Darwin.

Author : James Loy,Kent M. Loy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0813034787

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Emma Darwin by James Loy,Kent M. Loy Pdf

A biography of Emma Darwin, wife and cousin of Charles Darwin, discussing her childhood in a large family, her role as the mother of ten children, and the Christian faith that caused her to worry about her husband's soul.

Author : James D. Loy,Kent M. Loy
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813037912

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Emma Darwin by James D. Loy,Kent M. Loy Pdf

In 1808, Josiah Wedgwood II, owner and general manager of the famous pottery and china manufactory that bore his name, welcomed an eighth child into his large, vibrant family. This daughter, Emma, had a relatively happy childhood and grew up intelligent, educated, and religious. A talented sportswoman and an accomplished pianist, she married her cousin Charles Darwin at the age of thirty, bore ten children in their forty-three years together, and patiently nursed her famous husband through mysterious and chronic illnesses. Informed by her strong Christian faith as well as her quick, inquiring mind, Emma learned to coexist with her husband's radical scientific theories, though she worried about the fate of Charles's soul. Although the high spirits of her youth were somewhat dampened by the cares of life, she managed family and household affairs--including the difficult circumstances surrounding the death of three children--with courage, gravity, and a sense of humor. In this charming volume, the wife, companion, and confidante of the father of evolution comes into full focus. Drawing upon Emma’s personal correspondence as well as the abundant literature about her husband, authors James Loy and Kent Loy reveal the fascinating story of an exceptional woman who remained true to herself despite hardship and who, in the process, humanized her work-obsessed husband and held her family together.

Author : Chris Dunford
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666707304

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Charles and Emma Darwin: The Option to Believe by Chris Dunford Pdf

Many people look at the world through a scientific lens that seems to forbid religious conviction, but then find themselves drawn by curiosity, if not longing, to the religious worldview. Is this tension inevitable . . . or unnecessary? The famously successful marriage of Charles and Emma Darwin illustrates the problem. Charles and Emma were very close to each other in social background and knowledge of the world, yet they found it difficult to agree on the Question of God. Were their religious beliefs driven apart more by his science or by their society? Were these potentially compatible, or inherently irreconcilable? Charles and Emma Darwin: The Option to Believe searches for answers in the family’s history and individual personalities, as well as in the cultural, social, and intellectual history of that family’s society. The book also looks back on the Darwins’ predicament from the perspective of modern science and theology and suggests it is society, not science, that creates the modern tension between science and religion. There is an intellectual option to believe in God that seemed unavailable to Victorians like Charles Darwin yet is certainly available to us today.

Author : H. E. Litchfield
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108011747

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Emma Darwin, Wife of Charles Darwin by H. E. Litchfield Pdf

Originally published in 1904, this is the second of two volumes of family letters by and to Emma Darwin.

Author : Dusha Bateson
Publisher : G Editions LLC
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015079245190

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Mrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book by Dusha Bateson Pdf

Delineates a lifestyle at the top of English society and intelligentsia. This cookbook includes unlikely dishes such as Turnips Cresselly and Penally Pudding. It also features the recipe for boiling rice in Charles Darwin's own hand.

Author : Emma Townshend
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-03
Category : Pets
ISBN : 9781781011720

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Darwin's Dogs by Emma Townshend Pdf

If you have ever looked at a dog waiting to go for a walk and thought there was something age-old and almost human about his sad expression, you’re not alone; Charles Darwin did exactly the same. But Darwin didn’t just stop at feeling that there was some connection between humans and dogs. English gentleman naturalist, great pioneer of the theory of evolution and incurable dog-lover, Darwin used his much-loved dogs as evidence in his continuing argument that all animals including human beings, descended from one common ancestor. From his fondly written letters home enquiring after the health of family pets to his profound scientific consideration of the ancestry of the domesticated dog, Emma Townshend looks at Darwin’s life and work from a uniquely canine perspective.

Author : Ruth Padel
Publisher : Random House
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781409075370

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Darwin by Ruth Padel Pdf

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.

Author : Charles Darwin,Frederick Burkhardt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521255864

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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 6, 1856-1857 by Charles Darwin,Frederick Burkhardt Pdf

"For the first time full authoritative texts of Darwin's are made available, edited according to modern textual editorial principles and practice. Letter-writing was of crucial importance to Darwin's work, not only because his poor health isolated him from direct personal communication with his scientific colleagues but also because the nature of his investigations required communication with naturalists in many fields and in all quarters of the globe. Thus the letters are a mine of information about the work in progress of a creative genius who produced an intellectual revolution." --

Author : Tim M. Berra
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199309450

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Darwin and His Children by Tim M. Berra Pdf

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.

Author : Frederick Burkhardt,Sydney Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1994-03-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521434238

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A Calendar of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821-1882 by Frederick Burkhardt,Sydney Smith Pdf

This Calendar is a catalogue of the letters the editors of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin have found to date. Information on the source and location of each letter is given, together with a brief summary of the content. First published in 1985, the Calendar has been amended to take account of recently-discovered material and re-interpretations or re-dating of known letters. A new supplement lists over 1000 amendments to the main body of the text, together with over 500 addenda relating to newly- discovered material.

Author : Charles Darwin,Frederick Burkhardt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521255910

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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 5, 1851-1855 by Charles Darwin,Frederick Burkhardt Pdf

"For the first time full authoritative texts of Darwin's are made available, edited according to modern textual editorial principles and practice. Letter-writing was of crucial importance to Darwin's work, not only because his poor health isolated him from direct personal communication with his scientific colleagues but also because the nature of his investigations required communication with naturalists in many fields and in all quarters of the globe. Thus the letters are a mine of information about the work in progress of a creative genius who produced an intellectual revolution." --