Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 17, 1869 - Vol 17

Informationen zum Autor Frederick Burkhardt (1912–2007) was the founder of the Charles Darwin Correspondence Project, and the associated high profile book series The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Cambridge University Press, 1985–the present). He was President of the American Council of Learned Societies from 1957 to 1974, and in 2003 was awarded the American Philosophical Society Thomas Jefferson Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Arts, Humanities, or Social Sciences. Klappentext Throughout 1869 Darwin continued to collect data for The Descent of Man and Expression of the Emotions. Zusammenfassung Throughout 1869! Darwin continued to collect data for his two most significant books after Origin: The Descent of Man and Expression of the Emotions. Explorers! diplomats! and missionaries all over the world were politely encouraged to investigate! for example! how emotions were expressed in different cultures. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Frederick Henry Burkhardt (1912-2007); List of letters; Introduction; Acknowledgements; List of provenances; Note on editorial policy; Darwin/Wedgewood genealogy; Abbreviations and symbols; THE CORRESPONDENCE, 1869; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Frederick H. Burkhardt, Charles Darwin
• Assisted by: Frederick Burkhardt (Editor), Frederick H. Burkhardt (Editor), James Secord (Editor), Secord James (Editor), The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.07.2009
• EAN: 9780521190305
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19030-5
• No. of pages: 822
• Series: The Correspondence of Charles Darwin; Correspondence of Charles Darw; The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Evolution, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, History of Science, Evolution / Evolutionary biology