| The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 11, 1863 Contributor(s): Darwin, Charles (Author), Burkhardt, Frederick (Editor), Porter, Duncan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521590337 ISBN-13: 9780521590334 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $137.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1999 Annotation: This volume includes many letters previously unpublished, and chronicles a year that was enlivened by scientific controversy and filled with scientific queries and discussions relating to Darwin's transmutation theory. His love of botany and his expanding experimental program is well depicted by correspondence with professional botanists, horticulturalists, and hobbyists. Nine appendixes provide additional information from the Darwin Archive and from nineteenth-century publications. The letters also provide glimpses of life among the Victorian gentry and reveal the practical and emotional support Darwin received from his family. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Literary Collections | Letters - Science | History |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Correspondence of Charles Darwin |
| Physical Information: 2.33" H x 6.46" W x 9.53" (3.61 lbs) 1086 pages |
