The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 2, 1837–1843

Charles Darwin (Autor)

Frederick Burkhardt, Sydney Smith (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

646 Seiten

1987
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-25588-2 (ISBN)

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This is the second volume of the 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 letters in this volume were written during the seven years following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage. It was a period of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional man with official responsibilities in several scientific organisations. During these years he published two books and fifteen papers and also organised and superintended the publication of the Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle, for which he described the locations of the fossils and the habitats and behaviour of the living species he had collected. Busy as he was with scientific activities, Darwin found time to re-establish family ties and friendships, and to make new friends among the naturalists with whom his work brought him into close contact. In November 1838, two years after his return Darwin became engaged to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, whom he subsequently married.

List of illustrations; List of letters; Introduction; Acknowledgments; List of provenances; Note on editorial policy; Darwin/Wedgwood genealogy; Abbreviations and symbols; The correspondence, 1837–43; Appendixes; Manuscript alterations and comments; Bibliography; Biography; Biographical register and index to correspondents; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.2.1987
Reihe/Serie	The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	167 x 243 mm
Gewicht	1060 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
ISBN-10	0-521-25588-0 / 0521255880
ISBN-13	978-0-521-25588-2 / 9780521255882
Zustand	Neuware