| The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 15, 1867 Contributor(s): Darwin, Charles (Author), Burkhardt, Frederick (Editor), Secord, James (Editor) |
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ISBN: 052185931X ISBN-13: 9780521859318 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $130.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: During 1867 Darwin intensified lines of research that were to result in two important publications, Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex and Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. Darwin circulated a questionnaire on human expression, asking his established contacts to pass it on to their acquaintances, with the result that he began to receive letters from an even more diverse and far-flung network of correspondents than had previously been the case. Convinced that human descent was strongly influenced by sexual selection, he also started to ask his correspondents about sexual differences in animals and birds. At the same time, he was working on the proof-sheets of another major work, Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, while negotiating almost weekly with French, German, and Russian translators. For information on the Charles Darwin Correspondence Project, see http: //www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Departments/Darwin. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 84045347 |
| Series: Correspondence of Charles Darwin |
| Physical Information: 1.75" H x 6.56" W x 9.14" (2.61 lbs) 750 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: During 1867 Darwin intensified lines of research that were to result in two important publications, Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex and Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. Darwin circulated a questionnaire on human expression, asking his established contacts to pass it on to their acquaintances, with the result that he began to receive letters from an even more diverse and far-flung network of correspondents than had previously been the case. Convinced that human descent was strongly influenced by sexual selection, he also started to ask his correspondents about sexual differences in animals and birds. At the same time, he was working on the proof-sheets of another major work, Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, while negotiating almost weekly with French, German, and Russian translators. For information on the Charles Darwin Correspondence Project, see http: //www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Departments/Darwin |
