Darwin in Ilkley (eBook)

Mike Dixon, Gregory Radick (Autoren)

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2009
128 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-5266-8 (ISBN)

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When the Origins of Species was published on 24 November 1859, its author, Charles Darwin, was near the end of a nine-week stay in the remote Yorkshire village of Ilkley. He had come for the 'water cure'- a regime of cold baths and wet sheets - and for relaxation. But he used his time in Ilkley to shore up support, through extensive correspondence, for the extraordinary theory that the Origin would put before the world: evolution by natural selection. In Darwin in Ilkley, Mike Dixon and Gregory Radick bring to life Victorian Ilkley and the dramas of body and mind that marked Darwin's visit.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.9.2009
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Charles Darwin • charles darwin, victorian, yorkshire, victorian era, on the origin of species, natural selection, origin of species • charles darwin, victorian, yorkshire, victorian era, on the origin of species, natural selection, origin of species, evolution by natural selection, water cure • evolution by natural selection • Natural selection • On the Origin of Species • Origin of Species • Victorian • Victorian Era • water cure • Yorkshire
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-5266-0 / 0750952660
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-5266-8 / 9780750952668