| The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 20, 1872 Contributor(s): Darwin, Charles (Author), Burkhardt, Frederick (Editor), Secord, James (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1107038448 ISBN-13: 9781107038448 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $138.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Literary Collections | Letters |
| Dewey: 576.820 |
| Series: Correspondence of Charles Darwin |
| Physical Information: 2.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (3.40 lbs) 904 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging ideas with scientific colleagues, many of whom he never met in person. The letters are published chronologically: volume 20 includes letters from 1872, the year in which The expression of the emotions in man and animals was published, making ground-breaking use of photography. Also in this year, the sixth and final edition of On the origin of species was published, and Darwin resumed his work on carnivorous plants and plant movement, finding unexpected similarities between the plant and animal kingdoms. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burkhardt, Frederick: - James A. Secord has served as Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project since 2006. He is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Christ's College. Besides his work for the Darwin Project, his research focuses on the history of science from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. His book, Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (2000), won the Pfizer Prize of the History of Science Society. |
