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Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
ISBN: 9780521874120 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Charles Darwin is a towering figure in the history of science, who changed the direction of modern thought by establishing the basis of evolutionary biology. With a Foreword by Sir David Attenborough, this is a fascinating insight into Darwin's life as he first directly addressed the issues of humanity's place in nature, and the consequences of his ideas for religious belief. Incorporating previously unpublished material, this volume includes letters written by Darwin, and also those written to him by friends and scientific colleagues world-wide, by critics who tried to stamp out his ideas,...
Charles Darwin is a towering figure in the history of science, who changed the direction of modern thought by establishing the basis of evolutionary b...
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 19, 1871
ISBN: 9781107016484 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 1116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This pivotal volume in the definitive edition of Charles Darwin's letters covers the year 1871, the year in which Descent of Man, Darwin's first public statement on human evolution, was published. The large number of letters in this year more than 800 reflects the excitement this caused. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from a growing network of contacts all over the world and to discuss his emerging ideas with colleagues, many of whom he never met in person. This year also saw the marriage of Darwin's daughter Henrietta, the first of his children to marry; the volume...
This pivotal volume in the definitive edition of Charles Darwin's letters covers the year 1871, the year in which Descent of Man, Darwin's first publi...
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Origins: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin, 1822-1859. Anniversary Edition.
ISBN: 9780521898621 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Charles Darwin changed the direction of modern thought by establishing the basis of evolutionary biology. This fascinating selection of letters, offers a glimpse of his daily experiences, scientific observations, personal concerns and friendships. Beginning with a charming set of letters at the age of twelve, through his university years in Edinburgh and Cambridge up to the publication of his most famous work, On the Origin of Species in 1859, these letters chart one of the most exciting periods of Darwin's life, including the voyage of the Beagle and subsequent studies which led him to...
Charles Darwin changed the direction of modern thought by establishing the basis of evolutionary biology. This fascinating selection of letters, offer...
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Charles Darwin: The Beagle Letters
ISBN: 9780521898386 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Charles Darwin s voyage on the HMS Beagle is a gripping adventure story, and a turning point in the making of the modern world. Brought together here in chronological order, the letters he wrote and received during his trip provide a first-hand account of a voyage of discovery that was as much personal as intellectual. We follow Darwin s adventures as he prepares for his travels, lands on his first tropical island, watches an earthquake level a city, and learns how to catch ostriches from a running horse. We witness slavery, political revolution, and epidemic disease, and share the...
Charles Darwin s voyage on the HMS Beagle is a gripping adventure story, and a turning point in the making of the modern world. Brought together here ...
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 20, 1872
ISBN: 9781107038448 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 904 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) 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 20 includes letters from 1872, the year in which The expression of the...
This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. N...
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 18, 1870
ISBN: 9780521768894 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 664 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. It is already an important source for students and scholars in many academic disciplines. 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...
This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. I...
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 15, 1867
ISBN: 9780521859318 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 750 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) During 1867 Darwin intensified lines of research that were to result in two important publications, Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex and Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. Darwin circulated a questionnaire on human expression, asking his established contacts to pass it on to their acquaintances, with the result that he began to receive letters from an even more diverse and far-flung network of correspondents than had previously been the case. Convinced that human descent was strongly influenced by sexual selection, he also started to ask his correspondents about...
During 1867 Darwin intensified lines of research that were to result in two important publications, Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex an...
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 17, 1869
ISBN: 9780521190305 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 777 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Throughout 1869 Darwin continued to collect data for The Descent of Man and Expression of the Emotions.
Throughout 1869 Darwin continued to collect data for The Descent of Man and Expression of the Emotions.
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Charles Darwin, the Copley Medal, and the Rise of Naturalism, 1862-1864
ISBN: 9781469683515 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 22, 1874
ISBN: 9781107088726 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 904 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) 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 22 includes letters from 1874, the year in which Darwin completed his research...
This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. N...
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Essays in Psychical Research
ISBN: 9780674267084 / Angielski / Twarda / 1986 / 728 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The more than fifty articles, essays, and reviews in this volume, collected here for the first time, were published by William James over a span of some twenty-five years. The record of a sustained interest in phenomena of a highly controversial nature, they make it amply clear that James's work in psychical research was not an eccentric hobby but a serious and sympathetic concern. James was broad-minded in his approach but tough-minded in his demand that investigations be conducted in rigorous scientific terms. He hoped his study of psychic phenomena would strengthen the philosophy of an... The more than fifty articles, essays, and reviews in this volume, collected here for the first time, were published by William James over a span of... |
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 23, 1875
ISBN: 9781107134362 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 840 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Letters from 1875, when Darwin published Insectivorous plants and began work on Cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom.
Letters from 1875, when Darwin published Insectivorous plants and began work on Cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom.
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Essays in Religion and Morality
ISBN: 9780674267350 / Angielski / Twarda / 1982 / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Essays in Religion and Morality brings together a dozen papers of varying length to these two themes so crucial to the life and thought of William James. Reflections on the two subjects permeate, first, James's presentation of his father's Literary Remains; second, his writings on human immortality and the relation between reason and faith; third, his two memorial pieces, one on Robert Gould Shaw and the other on Emerson; fourth, his consideration of the energies and powers of human life; and last, his writings on the possibilities of peace, especially as found in his famous... Essays in Religion and Morality brings together a dozen papers of varying length to these two themes so crucial to the life and thought of W... |
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 11, 1863
ISBN: 9780521590334 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 1086 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This volume includes many letters previously unpublished, and chronicles a year that was enlivened by scientific controversy and filled with scientific queries and discussions relating to Darwin's transmutation theory. His love of botany and his expanding experimental program is well depicted by correspondence with professional botanists, horticulturalists, and hobbyists. Nine appendixes provide additional information from the Darwin Archive and from nineteenth-century publications. The letters also provide glimpses of life among the Victorian gentry and reveal the practical and emotional...
This volume includes many letters previously unpublished, and chronicles a year that was enlivened by scientific controversy and filled with scientifi...
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Essays in Philosophy
ISBN: 9780674267121 / Angielski / Twarda / 1978 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Essays in Philosophy brings together twenty-one essays, reviews, and occasional pieces published by James between 1876 and 1910. They range in subject from a concern with the teaching of philosophy and appraisals of philosophers to analyses of important problems. Several of the essays, like "The Sentiment of Rationality" and "The Knowing of Things Together," are of particular significance in the development of the views of James's later works. All of them, as John McDermott says in his Introduction, are in a style that is "engaging and personal...witty, acerbic, compassionate,... Essays in Philosophy brings together twenty-one essays, reviews, and occasional pieces published by James between 1876 and 1910. They range ... |
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Manuscript Essays and Notes
ISBN: 9780674548299 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) When William James died in 1910 he left a large body of manuscript material that has never appeared in print. Much of it is of biographical interest only, but the largest part is concerned with James's work. The present volume, the first of two that will bring The Works of William James to completion, includes the manuscripts devoted to work in progress on philosophical and psychological subjects. The last volume will bring together the manuscripts relating to James's public lectures and teaching. The most important of these manuscripts are those of the years 1903 and 1904... When William James died in 1910 he left a large body of manuscript material that has never appeared in print. Much of it is of biographical interes... |
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850
ISBN: 9780521255905 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 752 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This volume covers the first years of Darwin's study of the structure and systematics of barnacles: work that involved a worldwide search for specimens, detailed microscopic investigations, a consideration of the theoretical assumptions underlying classification schemes, and the solution of practical problems of zoological nomenclature. Darwin's convictions about the nature and origin of species influenced his observations and conclusions and provided insights that led to some remarkable discoveries. Throughout this period Darwin also maintained his involvement in major geological debates, as...
This volume covers the first years of Darwin's study of the structure and systematics of barnacles: work that involved a worldwide search for specimen...
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The Will to Believe
ISBN: 9780674952812 / Angielski / Twarda / 1979 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The Will to Believe addresses several of the most important and perplexing problems of philosophy. In ten lucid essays James deals with such subjects as causality and free will, the definition of the good life and the Good itself, the importance of the individual in society, and the intellectual claims of scientific method. Linking all these essays, most of which were delivered as lectures to popular audiences, is James's deep belief that philosophy does not operate in a vacuum but is influenced by our passional and volitional natures. As Edward H. Madden points out in his substantial...
The Will to Believe addresses several of the most important and perplexing problems of philosophy. In ten lucid essays James deals with such su...
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 2, 1837-1843
ISBN: 9780521255882 / Angielski / Twarda / 1987 / 646 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This is the second volume of the complete edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin. The letters in this volume were written during the seven years following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage. It was a period of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional man with official responsibilities in several scientific organizations. During these years he published two books and fifteen papers and he also organized and superintended the publication of th Zoology of...
This is the second volume of the complete edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin. The letters in this volume were written during the seven ye...
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 7, 1858-1859
ISBN: 9780521385640 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 709 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The seventh volume of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin covers two of the most momentous years in Darwin's life and in the history of science. Begun in 1856, Darwin's big book on species, later published as Natural Selection (Cambridge University Press, 1974) was a little more than half finished when Darwin unexpectedly received a letter and a manuscript from Alfred Russel Wallace indicating that he too had independently formulated a theory of natural selection. In a letter to his friend, Charles Lyell, Darwin wrote, "So all my originality, whatever it may amount to, will be smashed." On...
The seventh volume of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin covers two of the most momentous years in Darwin's life and in the history of science. Begu...
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