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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter (Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics)
Charles Darwin
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This book, the second of three-volumes detailing the life of Charles Darwin, published five years after his death, was edited by his son Francis, who was his father's collaborator in experiments in botany and who after his death took on the responsibility of overseeing the publication of his remaining manuscript works and letters. In the preface to the first volume, Francis Darwin explains his editorial principles: 'In choosing letters for publication I have been largely guided by the wish to illustrate my father's personal character. But his life was so essentially one of work, that a history of the man ... Read more
This book, the second of three-volumes detailing the life of Charles Darwin, published five years after his death, was edited by his son Francis, who was his father's collaborator in experiments in botany and who after his death took on the responsibility of overseeing the publication of his remaining manuscript works and letters. In the preface to the first volume, Francis Darwin explains his editorial principles: 'In choosing letters for publication I have been largely guided by the wish to illustrate my father's personal character. But his life was so essentially one of work, that a history of the man ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781108003452
SKU
V9781108003452
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