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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 12, 1864
Charles Darwin
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hardcover. The full, authoritative texts of all known and available letters to and from Charles Darwin during 1864. Editor(s): Burkhardt, Frederick H.; Porter, Duncan M.; Dean, Sheila Ann; White, Paul S.; Wilmot, Sarah. Series: The Correspondence of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 734 pages, 48 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BGA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1176.
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin provides, for the first time, the full, authoritative texts of all known and available letters to and from Charles Darwin, the originator of the theory of evolution by natural selection. The letters are accompanied by detailed explanatory footnotes and relevant supplementary materials, and offer unparalleled insight into Darwin's experiments, thoughts, friendships, and family life. Volume 12 of this continuing series contains letters for 1864, when Darwin, despite continuing illness, was carrying out botanical experiments and working on his book, The Variation of Plants and Animals under Domestication. The volume also sheds light on the worldwide ... Read more
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin provides, for the first time, the full, authoritative texts of all known and available letters to and from Charles Darwin, the originator of the theory of evolution by natural selection. The letters are accompanied by detailed explanatory footnotes and relevant supplementary materials, and offer unparalleled insight into Darwin's experiments, thoughts, friendships, and family life. Volume 12 of this continuing series contains letters for 1864, when Darwin, despite continuing illness, was carrying out botanical experiments and working on his book, The Variation of Plants and Animals under Domestication. The volume also sheds light on the worldwide ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
734
Condition
New
Series
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
Number of Pages
734
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521590341
SKU
V9780521590341
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Reviews for The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 12, 1864
'Nothing in recent history of science quite tops the achievement of the volumes of Darwin correspondence. It is our own Human Genome Project.' Annals of Science 'Every time a new volume in this series appears, researchers have further reason to rejoice.' Isis 'The letters … are written in elegant and extraordinarily polite terms. They are a delight on those grounds ... Read more