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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850

Author : Charles Darwin,Frederick Burkhardt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521255902

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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850 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." --

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin:

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1985-03-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521255872

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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: 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.

History and Evolution

Author : Matthew H. Nitecki,Doris V. Nitecki
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0791412113

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History and Evolution by Matthew H. Nitecki,Doris V. Nitecki Pdf

Explores the differences and similarities of historical and evolutionary approaches to investigating and interpreting the past. The 11 papers were presented at the Spring Systematics Symposium in Chicago, May 1989. They discuss philosophy and methodology, and such topics as the history of evolution and the evolution of history. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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

Author : Charles Darwin,Frederick Burkhardt,Sydney Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1985-03-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521255872

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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 1, 1821-1836 by Charles Darwin,Frederick Burkhardt,Sydney Smith Pdf

The letters in Volume 9 provide another indispensable collection for those interested in Darwin's life, work, and world. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 18, 1870

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 659 pages
File Size : 53,8 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.

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 7, 1858-1859

Author : Charles Darwin,Frederick Burkhardt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 47,9 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.

Darwin's Fishes

Author : Daniel Pauly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139451819

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Darwin's Fishes by Daniel Pauly Pdf

In Darwin's Fishes, Daniel Pauly presents an encyclopaedia of ichthyology, ecology and evolution, based upon everything that Charles Darwin ever wrote about fish. Entries are arranged alphabetically and can be about, for example, a particular fish taxon, an anatomical part, a chemical substance, a scientist, a place, or an evolutionary or ecological concept. The reader can start wherever they like and are then led by a series of cross-references on a fascinating voyage of interconnected entries, each indirectly or directly connected with original writings from Darwin himself. Along the way, the reader is offered interpretation of the historical material put in the context of both Darwin's time and that of contemporary biology and ecology. This book is intended for anyone interested in fishes, the work of Charles Darwin, evolutionary biology and ecology, and natural history in general.

Darwin in Galápagos

Author : K. Thalia Grant,Gregory B. Estes
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691142104

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Darwin in Galápagos by K. Thalia Grant,Gregory B. Estes Pdf

Recreates the scientist's historic visit to the Galapagos Islands using his original notebooks and logs, the latest findings by scholars and researchers, and the authors' first-hand knowledge of the archipelago.

Origins of Darwin's Evolution

Author : J. David Archibald
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231545297

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Origins of Darwin's Evolution by J. David Archibald Pdf

Historical biogeography—the study of the history of species through both time and place—first convinced Charles Darwin of evolution. This field was so important to Darwin’s initial theories and line of thinking that he said as much in the very first paragraph of On the Origin of Species (1859) and later in his autobiography. His methods included collecting mammalian fossils in South America clearly related to living forms, tracing the geographical distributions of living species across South America, and sampling peculiar fauna of the geologically young Galápagos Archipelago that showed evident affinities to South American forms. Over the years, Darwin collected other evidence in support of evolution, but his historical biogeographical arguments remained paramount, so much so that he devotes three full chapters to this topic in On the Origin of Species. Discussions of Darwin’s landmark book too often give scant attention to this wealth of evidence, and we still do not fully appreciate its significance in Darwin’s thinking. In Origins of Darwin’s Evolution, J. David Archibald explores this lapse, showing how Darwin first came to the conclusion that, instead of various centers of creation, species had evolved in different regions throughout the world. He also shows that Darwin’s other early passion—geology—proved a more elusive corroboration of evolution. On the Origin of Species has only one chapter dedicated to the rock and fossil record, as it then appeared too incomplete for Darwin’s evidentiary standards. Carefully retracing Darwin’s gathering of evidence and the evolution of his thinking, Origins of Darwin’s Evolution achieves a new understanding of how Darwin crafted his transformative theory.

Reading the Rocks

Author : Brenda Maddox
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781632869135

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A rich and exuberant group biography of the early geologists, the people who were first to excavate from the layers of the world its buried history. The birth of geology was fostered initially by gentlemen whose wealth supported their interests, but in the nineteenth century, it was advanced by clergymen, academics, and women whose findings expanded the field. Reading the Rocks brings to life this eclectic cast of characters who brought passion, eccentricity, and towering intellect to the discovery of how Earth was formed. Geology opened a window on the planet's ancient past. Contrary to the Book of Genesis, the rocks and fossils dug up showed that Earth was immeasurably old. Moreover, fossil evidence revealed progressive changes in life forms. It is no coincidence that Charles Darwin was a keen geologist. Acclaimed biographer and science writer Brenda Maddox's story goes beyond William Smith, the father of English geology; Charles Lyell, the father of modern geology; and James Hutton, whose analysis of rock layers unveiled what is now called “deep time.” She also explores the livesof fossil hunter Mary Anning, the Reverend William Buckland, Darwin, and many others--their triumphs and disappointments, and the theological, philosophical, and scientific debates their findings provoked. Reading the Rocks illustrates in absorbing and revelatory details how this group of early geologists changed irrevocably our understanding of the world.

Imperial Nature

Author : Jim Endersby
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226773995

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Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) was an internationally renowned botanist, a close friend and early supporter of Charles Darwin, and one of the first—and most successful—British men of science to become a full-time professional. He was also, Jim Endersby argues, the perfect embodiment of Victorian science. A vivid picture of the complex interrelationships of scientific work and scientific ideas, Imperial Nature gracefully uses one individual’s career to illustrate the changing world of science in the Victorian era. By analyzing Hooker’s career, Endersby offers vivid insights into the everyday activities of nineteenth-century naturalists, considering matters as diverse as botanical illustration and microscopy, classification, and specimen transportation and storage, to reveal what they actually did, how they earned a living, and what drove their scientific theories. What emerges is a rare glimpse of Victorian scientific practices in action. By focusing on science’s material practices and one of its foremost practitioners, Endersby ably links concerns about empire, professionalism, and philosophical practices to the forging of a nineteenth-century scientific identity.

Charles Darwin

Author : Andrew Norman
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781781592786

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Charles Darwin by Andrew Norman Pdf

Charles Darwin did not deliberately set out to be the 'destroyer of mythical beliefs', some of which, in his early days as a young Christian, he had previously espoused. He was a modest man who liked to avoid controversy, yet he was to be the cause of one of the greatest controversies in the history of science and religion. When he embarked on HMS Beagle, he could not have imagined the experience would lead him to formulate a theory that would revolutionize the way in which man viewed the natural world.??How did this thoughtful, methodical scientist come to have such an impact on his time – and on ours? That is the question Andrew Norman seeks to answer in this lucid and concise biography of the author of Origin of Species.??The narrative looks perceptively at Darwin's early life, at the influences that shaped him during his university years, and at the formative effect of the famous voyage to Galapagos in the Beagle which led him to question orthodox views on how the world was created and how humans evolved. In particular, it concentrates on the progress, over twenty years, of his thinking on natural selection which grew into a great work that disturbed and enlightened his contemporaries.??Andrew Norman has produced a fascinating account of the development of Darwin's research and theorizing. But he looks, too, at Darwin the man. The result is a rounded portrait of a pioneering thinker whose revolutionary theories profoundly influence our understanding of the world today.

Black and British

Author : David Olusoga
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 809 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781447299745

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Black and British by David Olusoga Pdf

'[A] comprehensive and important history of black Britain . . . Written with a wonderful clarity of style and with great force and passion.' – Kwasi Kwarteng, Sunday Times In this vital re-examination of a shared history, historian and broadcaster David Olusoga tells the rich and revealing story of the long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa and the Caribbean. This edition, fully revised and updated, features a new chapter encompassing the Windrush scandal and the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, events which put black British history at the centre of urgent national debate. Black and British is vivid confirmation that black history can no longer be kept separate and marginalised. It is woven into the cultural and economic histories of the nation and it belongs to us all. Drawing on new genealogical research, original records, and expert testimony, Black and British reaches back to Roman Britain, the medieval imagination, Elizabethan ‘blackamoors’ and the global slave-trading empire. It shows that the great industrial boom of the nineteenth century was built on American slavery, and that black Britons fought at Trafalgar and in the trenches of both World Wars. Black British history is woven into the cultural and economic histories of the nation. It is not a singular history, but one that belongs to us all. Unflinching, confronting taboos, and revealing hitherto unknown scandals, Olusoga describes how the lives of black and white Britons have been entwined for centuries. Winner of the 2017 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize. Winner of the Longman History Today Trustees’ Award. A Waterstones History Book of the Year. Longlisted for the Orwell Prize. Shortlisted for the inaugural Jhalak Prize.

Darwin and the Nature of Species

Author : David N. Stamos
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780791480885

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Darwin and the Nature of Species by David N. Stamos Pdf

Examines Darwin’s concept of species in a philosophical context.

On the Origin of Species

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-14
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781316658260

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On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin Pdf

Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection is both a key scientific work of research, still read by scientists, and a readable narrative that has had a cultural impact unmatched by any other scientific text. First published in 1859, it has continued to sell, to be reviewed and discussed, attacked and defended. The Origin is one of those books whose controversial reputation ensures that many who have never read it nevertheless have an opinion about it. Jim Endersby's major scholarly edition debunks some of the myths that surround Darwin's book, while providing a detailed examination of the contexts within which it was originally written, published and read. Endersby provides a very readable introduction to this classic text and a level of scholarly apparatus (explanatory notes, bibliography and appendixes) that is unmatched by any other edition.