Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker O.m., G.c.s.i. - Set Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker O.m., G.c.s.i

Klappentext The standard biography of the botanist! of which this first volume includes many letters written to Charles Darwin. Zusammenfassung Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) was one of the most eminent botanists of the later nineteenth century and an important supporter and correspondent of Charles Darwin. This volume of the 1918 standard biography includes many letters to Darwin in which the two men debated the theory of natural selection. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Early days; 2. The Antarctic voyage: preliminaries; 3. The southern journey and its scientific scope; 4. The voyage of the Erebus and Terror: passing impressions; 5. Tasmania and the Antarctic; 6. South again: New Zealand and the Cape; 7. The Antarctic voyage: personal; 8. Return to England: and visit to Paris; 9. Edinburgh; 10. The Geological Survey; 11. The voyage to India; 12. Journey to the Kymore Hills; 13. To Darjiling: the first Himalayan journey; 14. The second Himalayan journey; 15. Captivity and release; 16. Last days in Sikkim; 17. To the Khasia Mountains; 18. The return from India; 19. Botany: its position and prospects in the fifties; 20. Science teaching: examinations; 21. Science organisation: societies, journals, and rewards; 22. Miscellaneous, 1850-60; 23. Letters to Darwin, 1843-59; 24. On species; 25. The making of the 'Origin': science and friendship; 26. Publication of the 'Origin' and the 'Introduction to the Tasmanian Flora'; 27. The journey to Palestine and the work of 1860.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Dalton Hooker
• Assisted by: Leonard Huxley (Editor), Huxley Leonard (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2011
• EAN: 9781108031004
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03100-4
• No. of pages: 574
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture; Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker O.M., G.C.S.I. 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, Botany & plant sciences, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Botany and plant sciences