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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 6, 1856–1857 - Charles Darwin

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 6, 1856–1857

Buch | Hardcover
720 Seiten
1990
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-25586-8 (ISBN)
CHF 209,45 inkl. MwSt
This volume covers the culmination of Darwin's work on species. From early 1856, when he was persuaded to publish an account of his heterodox theories, through 1857, Darwin's letters document the labour involved in composing his 'big species book', his zest for research, and his unflagging determination to succeed.
This volume covers the culmination of Darwin's work on species. From early in 1856, when he was persuaded that the time had come to publish an account of his heterodox theories, through 1857, Darwin's letters document the labour involved in composing his 'big species book', his zest for research, and his unflagging determination to succeed. As always, old friends and more recent acquaintances were drawn into the project. Darwin writes for the first time to Alfred Russel Wallace seeking specimens of Malayan fowls. Joseph Dalton Hooker is his sounding-board for botanical speculations and Thomas Henry Huxley soon takes up a similar role in matters of comparative anatomy and embryology. William Bernhard Tegetmeier is the provider of pigeons and poultry and Asa Gray dispatches from Massachusetts invaluable botanical data. Darwin fully exploits his gift for drawing the best from his correspondents and, collectively, their letters provide a remarkable survey of what was - and was not - believed about the nature and origin of species in the middle years of the nineteenthcentury.

List of illustrations; List of letters; Introduction; Acknowledgments; List of provenances; Note on editorial policy Darwin/Wedgwood genealogy; Abbreviations and symbols; The Correspondence, 1856–7; Appendixes; Manuscript alterations and comments; Bibliography; Biographical register and index to correspondents; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.11.1990
Reihe/Serie The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 166 x 241 mm
Gewicht 1345 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Evolution
ISBN-10 0-521-25586-4 / 0521255864
ISBN-13 978-0-521-25586-8 / 9780521255868
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