Evolution - Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870

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- ). 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. Alison Pearn is Assistant Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project, and an affiliated research scholar of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University. Samantha Evans is an editor at the Charles Darwin Correspondence Project, based at Cambridge University Library. The Project was set up to locate, research, and publish summaries of all letters written by Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Klappentext Explore Darwin's world in a unique, first-hand account through his letters, many of which have never been published before. Zusammenfassung A unique piece of publishing containing letters written to and by Darwin! charting his struggle to have his theories accepted. With a Foreword by Sir David Attenborough and incorporating previously unpublished material! readers experience a first-hand insight into some of the most intense and productive years of Darwin's life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Sir David Attenborough; Introduction; Editor's note; Symbols and abbreviations; Prologue; 1860; 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; 1866; 1867; 1868; 1869; 1870; Biographical register; Bibliography of biographical sources; Bibliographical note; Acknowledgements; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Frederick Burkhardt, Charles Darwin, Charles R. Darwin
• Con la collaborazione di: Frederick Burkhardt (Editore), Frederick (American Council of Learned Societies) Burkhardt (Editore), Frederick H. Burkhardt (Editore), Samantha Evans (Editore), Samantha (Cambridge University Library) Evans (Editore), Alison Pearn (Editore), Alison M Pearn (Editore), Alison M. Pearn (Editore), Alison M. (Cambridge University Library) Pearn (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.05.2008
• EAN: 9780521874120
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87412-0
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 160 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; Briefwechsel (div.), Darwin, Charles, Evolution (Abstammungslehre)