Darwin: A Companion - With Iconographies By John Van Wyhe

Darwin: A Companion - With Iconographies By John Van Wyhe
Author: Paul Van Helvert
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 483
Release: 2021-01-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9811208220

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'This is a book that required a great many research hours, the kind of volume you may be glad someone took the time to compile.'The Quarterly Review of Biology This is the ultimate guide to the life and work of Charles Darwin. The result of decades of research through a vast and daunting literature which is hard for beginners and experts alike to navigate, it brings together widely scattered facts including very many unknown to even the most ardent Darwin aficionados. It includes hundreds of new discoveries and corrections to the existing literature. It provides the most complete summaries of his publications, manuscripts, lifetime itinerary, finances, personal library, friends and colleagues, opponents, visitors to his home, anniversaries, hundreds of flora, fauna, monuments and places named after him and a host of other topics. Also included are the most complete lists (iconographies) ever created of illustrations of the Beagle, over 1000 portraits of Darwin, his wife and home as well as all known Darwin photographs, stamps and caricatures. The book is richly illustrated with 350 images, most previously unknown.

The Cambridge Companion to Darwin

The Cambridge Companion to Darwin
Author: Michael Jonathan Sessions Hodge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 565
Release: 2009-03-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0521884756

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This volume provides the reader with clear, lively and balanced introductions to the most recent scholarship on Darwin and his intellectual legacies.

The Cambridge Companion to Darwin

The Cambridge Companion to Darwin
Author: Jonathan Hodge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 565
Release: 2009-03-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139828355

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The naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin (1809–82) ranks as one of the most influential scientific thinkers of all time. In the nineteenth century his ideas about the history and diversity of life - including the evolutionary origin of humankind - contributed to major changes in the sciences, philosophy, social thought and religious belief. The Cambridge Companion to Darwin has established itself as an indispensable resource for anyone teaching or researching Darwin's theories and their historical and philosophical interpretations. Its distinguished team of contributors examines Darwin's main scientific ideas and their development; Darwin's science in the context of its times; the influence of Darwinian thought in recent philosophical, social and religious debate; and the importance of Darwinian thought for the future of naturalist philosophy. For this second edition, coverage has been expanded to include two new chapters: on Darwin, Hume and human nature, and on Darwin's theories in the intellectual long run, from the pre-Socratics to the present.

Darwin and His Children

Darwin and His Children
Author: Tim M. Berra
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2013-09-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0199309442

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While much has been written about the life and work of Charles Darwin, the lives of his wife and ten children remain largely unexamined. How did Darwin reconcile his own metaphysical views with those of his wife Emma Wedgwood, his first cousin and a devout Unitarian? Did his consanguineous marriage contribute to three of his children's young deaths, and how did these deaths affect both Darwin and his wife? And how did Darwin's death affect his surviving family? Most accounts of Charles Darwin's life end with his death, but Tim Berra's Darwin and His Children: His Other Legacy moves past this moment in time, examining the distinct lives of Charles Darwin's wife and children, both in relation to him and as their own characters living, and dying, separately in the wake of their father's success. The book will feature a synopsis of the development of Darwin's beliefs, work, and marriage, and then discuss the role these played in each of his children's lives, in a separate chapter for each child. Three died soon after their births, while others grew up to be bankers, writers, scientists, or members of parliament. Darwin and His Children: His Other Legacy covers each child in turn, providing a new and more personal perspective on the life and legacy of Charles Darwin.

The Cambridge Companion to the 'Origin of Species'

The Cambridge Companion to the 'Origin of Species'
Author: Michael Ruse
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0521870798

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This Companion commemorates the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species and examines its main arguments. Drawing on the expertise of leading authorities in the field, it also provides the contexts - religious, social, political, literary, and philosophical - in which the Origin was written.

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 5, 1851-1855

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 5, 1851-1855
Author: Charles Darwin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 762
Release: 1985
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521255912

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"For the first time full authoritative texts of Darwin's are made available, edited according to modern textual editorial principles and practice. Letter-writing was of crucial importance to Darwin's work, not only because his poor health isolated him from direct personal communication with his scientific colleagues but also because the nature of his investigations required communication with naturalists in many fields and in all quarters of the globe. Thus the letters are a mine of information about the work in progress of a creative genius who produced an intellectual revolution." --

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850
Author: Charles Darwin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 778
Release: 1985
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521255905

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"For the first time full authoritative texts of Darwin's are made available, edited according to modern textual editorial principles and practice. Letter-writing was of crucial importance to Darwin's work, not only because his poor health isolated him from direct personal communication with his scientific colleagues but also because the nature of his investigations required communication with naturalists in many fields and in all quarters of the globe. Thus the letters are a mine of information about the work in progress of a creative genius who produced an intellectual revolution." --

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 7, 1858-1859

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 7, 1858-1859
Author: Charles Darwin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 726
Release: 1985
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521385640

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The letters in this volume cover two of the most momentous years in Darwin's life. Begun in 1856 and the fruit of twenty years of study and reflection, Darwin's manuscript on the species question was a little more than half finished, and at least two years from publication, when in June 1858 Darwin unexpectedly received a letter and a manuscript from Alfred Russel Wallace indicating that he too had independently formulated a theory of natural selection. The letters detail the various stages in the preparation of what was to become one of the world's most famous works: Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, published by John Murray in November 1859. They reveal the first impressions of Darwin's book given by his most trusted confidants, and they relate Darwin's anxious response to the early reception of his theory by friends, family members, and prominent naturalists. This volume provides the capstone to Darwin's remarkable efforts for more than two decades to solve one of nature's greatest riddles - the origin of species.

The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 3

The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 3
Author: Charles Darwin
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 263
Release: 1987-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0814717888

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Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western thought. His books were widely read by specialists and the general public, and his influence had been extended by almost continuous public debate over the past 150 years. New York University Press's new paperback edition makes it possible to review Darwin's public literary output as a whole, plus his scientific journal articles, his private notebooks, and his correspondence. This is complete edition contains all of Darwin's published books, featuring definitive texts recording original pagination with Darwin's indexes retained. The set also features a general introduction and index, and introductions to each volume.