The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 12, 1864

ISBN-13: 9780521590341 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 734 str.

Charles Darwin; Frederick Burkhardt; Sheila Ann Dean

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Volume 12 of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin provides the full authoritative texts of all known and available letters to and from Charles Darwin. The letters are accompanied by detailed explanatory footnotes and relevant supplementary materials, offering unparalleled insights into Darwin's experiments, thoughts, friendships, and family life. Volume 12 of this continuing series contains letters from 1864, when Darwin, despite continuing illness, was carrying out botanical experiments and working on his book, The Variation of Plants and Animals Under Domestication.

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'… readers … not already familiar with this magnificent and monumental publication will find this volume and its predecessors a rare treasure. Not only does its scholarship show in its completeness, detailed background notes, and biographical summaries but it also makes fascinating reading.' P. Harper, Human Genetics

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List of illustrations; List of letters; Acknowledgements; List of provenances; Note on editorial policy; Darwin/Wedgewood genealogy; Abbreviations and symbols; The correspondence, 1864; Appendix I. Translations; Appendix II. Chronology; Appendix III. Presentation list for 'Three forms of Lythrum salicaria'; Appendix IV. Darwin and the Copley Medal; Manuscript alterations and comments; Biographical register and index to correspondents; Bibliography; Notes on manuscript sources; Index.