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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 21, 1873
Contributor(s): Burkhardt, Frederick (Editor), Secord, James (Editor), The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1107052149     ISBN-13: 9781107052147
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $138.70  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences - Evolution
- Science | History
- Literary Collections | Letters
Dewey: 576.820
Series: Correspondence of Charles Darwin
Physical Information: 1.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" L (3.15 lbs) 826 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated
 
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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 21 includes letters from 1873, the year in which Darwin received responses to his work on human and animal expression. Also in this year, Darwin continued his work on carnivorous plants and plant movement, finding unexpected similarities between the plant and animal kingdoms, raised a subscription for his friend Thomas Henry Huxley, and decided to employ a scientific secretary for the first time - his son Francis.

Contributor Bio(s): Burkhardt, Frederick: - James A. Secord has served as Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project since 2006. He is also 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. He has recently written on scientific conversation, scrapbook-keeping and public scientific displays.
 
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