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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Volume 1: Including an Autobiographical Chapter: Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics

Autor Charles Darwin Editat de Francis Darwin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 iul 2009
This book, the first of three-volumes detailing the life of Charles Darwin, published five years after his death, was edited by his son Francis, who was his father's collaborator in experiments in botany and who after his death took on the responsibility of overseeing the publication of his remaining manuscript works and letters. In the preface to the first volume, Francis Darwin explains his editorial principles: 'In choosing letters for publication I have been largely guided by the wish to illustrate my father's personal character. But his life was so essentially one of work, that a history of the man could not be written without following closely the career of the author.' Among the family history, anecdotes and reminiscences of scientific colleagues is a short autobiographical essay which Charles Darwin wrote for his children and grandchildren, rather than for publication. This account of Darwin the man has never been bettered.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108003445
ISBN-10: 1108003443
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. The Darwin family; 2. Autobiography; 3. Reminiscences; 4. Cambridge life 1828–1831; 5. The appointment to the 'Beagle' 1831; 6. The voyage 1831–1836; 7. London and Cambridge 1836–1842; 8. Religion; 9. Life at Down 1842–1854.

Notă biografică

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) was born in Shropshire, England. His first text chronicling his five-year voyage on the HMS Beagle, which included his notable visit to the Galapagos Islands, earned him success as an author in 1839. His observations from the Galapagos, alongside an interest in natural history from an early age and studies over the consequent years, informed the development of his biological theories, culminating the ground-breaking text 'On the Origin of Species' for which he is best known.

Descriere

A three-volume life of Charles Darwin, published five years after his death, and edited by his son.