The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 5, 1851-1855 (Hardcover, New)

The correspondence in this volume reveals the two sides of Darwin's life in a new intensity. It opens with a tragedy, the death of Darwin's oldest and best loved daughter, Anne, and goes on to show how Darwin sought relief from his loss through his work, with a single-minded but increasingly weary commitment to the completion of his cirripede monographs. In September 1854, as soon as the final proofs of the last barnacle volume had been returned to the printer, Darwin threw himself into a resumption of his species work. He followed up old ideas by initiating new experiments and establishing a worldwide correspondence that encompassed geographical distribution, variation, and plant and animal breeding. The wealth of letters through 1855 makes evident the frenzy of intellectual activity that followed Darwin's terse announcement in his diary: "Sept. 9th (1854) began sorting notes for Species Theory..." These letters are indispensable for the Darwin scholar both historically and biologically, while they provide the general reader with a fascinating look at the scientist at work.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
Release date:	February 1990
First published:	1989
Authors:	Charles Darwin
Editors:	Frederick Burkhardt • Sydney Smith
Dimensions:	234 x 40 x 156mm (L x W x H)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	752
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-25591-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution
LSN:	0-521-25591-0
Barcode:	9780521255912

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