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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 23, 1875
Charles Darwin
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hardcover. Letters from 1875, when Darwin published Insectivorous plants and began work on Cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. Editor(s): Burkhardt, Frederick H.; Secord, James A.; The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project. Series: The Correspondence of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 840 pages, 22 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMP; 3JH; BJ; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 51. .
This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging ideas with scientific colleagues, many of whom he never met in person. The letters are published chronologically: Volume 23 includes letters from 1875, the year in which Darwin wrote and published Insectivorous plants, a botanical work that was ... Read more
This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging ideas with scientific colleagues, many of whom he never met in person. The letters are published chronologically: Volume 23 includes letters from 1875, the year in which Darwin wrote and published Insectivorous plants, a botanical work that was ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
840
Condition
New
Series
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
Number of Pages
840
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107134362
SKU
V9781107134362
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About Charles Darwin
Frederick Burkhardt (1912–2007), the founder of the Darwin Correspondence Project, was President of Bennington College, Vermont (1947–57), and President of the American Council of Learned Societies (1957–74). Before founding the Darwin Correspondence Project in 1974, he was already at work on an edition of the papers of the philosopher William James. He received the Modern Language Association of America's first ... Read more
Reviews for The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 23, 1875
Reviews of earlier volumes: 'Nothing in the recent history of science quite tops the achievement of the volumes of Darwin correspondence. It is our own Human Genome Project.' Annals of Science '… a superb series … beautifully produced, beautifully readable, efficiently indexed, supportively but not gossipily annotated.' The Times Literary Supplement 'Every now and then … publishing and academe work ... Read more