| The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Contributor(s): Darwin, Charles (Author), Burkhardt, Frederick (Editor), Porter, Duncan M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521824133 ISBN-13: 9780521824132 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $181.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: Volume 13 contains letters for 1865, the year Charles Darwin published his long paper on climbing plants and continued work on his book, The Variation of Plants and Animals under Domestication. 1865 was also the year when Robert FitzRoy committed suicide; Joseph Dalton Hooker became director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; and Charles Lyell and John Lubbock quarrelled over an alleged incident of plagiarism. The volume includes a supplement of over 100 letters discovered or redated since the series began publication, including a fascinating collection written when Darwin was 12. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Biology - Science | History - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution |
| Dewey: 576.820 |
| Series: Correspondence of Charles Darwin |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.5" W x 9.4" (2.55 lbs) 752 pages |
