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On the Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants: Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics

Autor Charles Darwin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 iul 2009
Initially published by the Linnean Society, this 1865 essay was Darwin's first foray into the study of climbing plants. He was inspired to produce this work by a paper on the tendrilled Cucurbitacean plant by American botanist Asa Gray, with whom he had a firm intellectual friendship. Darwin examines in detail those plants which climb using a twisting stem, such as the hop; leaf-climbers, such as the clematis; tendrilled plants such as the passion flower; and hook and root climbers such as ivy. The conclusions reached by his study are presented in terms of the adaptations of various species to their environments, a continuation of the theories that Darwin had propounded in his On the Origin of the Species six years earlier. His passion for the design of the plants and fascination with the diversity of their powers of movement are clear in this accessible example of the process of evolution.
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ISBN-13: 9781108003599
ISBN-10: 1108003591
Pagini: 128
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction; Part I. Spirally Twining Plants; Part II. Leaf-climbers; Part III. Tendril-bearers; Part IV. Hook- and Root-climbers; Concluding remarks.

Notă biografică

CHARLES DARWIN (1809-1882), English scientist, naturalist, and geologist, revolutionized science, especially biology, with his theory of evolution through natural selection. As a passenger aboard the Beagle, Darwin became intrigued by the existence of different species in different geographical locations, which aided in the development of his theory. In addition to The Origin of Species, he is also remembered for The Voyage of the Beagle, and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.

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Darwin applies his theories of evolution and environmental adaptation to the mechanics of climbing plants.