The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850
Title The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850 PDF eBook
Author Charles Darwin
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 778
Release 1985
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780521255905

Download The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

"For the first time full authoritative texts of Darwin's are made available, edited according to modern textual editorial principles and practice. Letter-writing was of crucial importance to Darwin's work, not only because his poor health isolated him from direct personal communication with his scientific colleagues but also because the nature of his investigations required communication with naturalists in many fields and in all quarters of the globe. Thus the letters are a mine of information about the work in progress of a creative genius who produced an intellectual revolution." --

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin
Title Charles Darwin PDF eBook
Author Andrew Norman
Publisher Pen and Sword
Pages 329
Release 2013-09-09
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1781592780

Download Charles Darwin Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Charles Darwin did not deliberately set out to be the 'destroyer of mythical beliefs', some of which, in his early days as a young Christian, he had previously espoused. He was a modest man who liked to avoid controversy, yet he was to be the cause of one of the greatest controversies in the history of science and religion. When he embarked on HMS Beagle, he could not have imagined the experience would lead him to formulate a theory that would revolutionize the way in which man viewed the natural world.??How did this thoughtful, methodical scientist come to have such an impact on his time – and on ours? That is the question Andrew Norman seeks to answer in this lucid and concise biography of the author of Origin of Species.??The narrative looks perceptively at Darwin's early life, at the influences that shaped him during his university years, and at the formative effect of the famous voyage to Galapagos in the Beagle which led him to question orthodox views on how the world was created and how humans evolved. In particular, it concentrates on the progress, over twenty years, of his thinking on natural selection which grew into a great work that disturbed and enlightened his contemporaries.??Andrew Norman has produced a fascinating account of the development of Darwin's research and theorizing. But he looks, too, at Darwin the man. The result is a rounded portrait of a pioneering thinker whose revolutionary theories profoundly influence our understanding of the world today.

Darwin in Galápagos

Darwin in Galápagos
Title Darwin in Galápagos PDF eBook
Author K. Thalia Grant
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 376
Release 2009-11-22
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0691142106

Download Darwin in Galápagos Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Recreates the scientist's historic visit to the Galapagos Islands using his original notebooks and logs, the latest findings by scholars and researchers, and the authors' first-hand knowledge of the archipelago.

Black and British

Black and British
Title Black and British PDF eBook
Author David Olusoga
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Pages 809
Release 2016-11-03
Genre History
ISBN 1447299744

Download Black and British Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

'[A] comprehensive and important history of black Britain . . . Written with a wonderful clarity of style and with great force and passion.' – Kwasi Kwarteng, Sunday Times In this vital re-examination of a shared history, historian and broadcaster David Olusoga tells the rich and revealing story of the long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa and the Caribbean. This edition, fully revised and updated, features a new chapter encompassing the Windrush scandal and the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, events which put black British history at the centre of urgent national debate. Black and British is vivid confirmation that black history can no longer be kept separate and marginalised. It is woven into the cultural and economic histories of the nation and it belongs to us all. Drawing on new genealogical research, original records, and expert testimony, Black and British reaches back to Roman Britain, the medieval imagination, Elizabethan ‘blackamoors’ and the global slave-trading empire. It shows that the great industrial boom of the nineteenth century was built on American slavery, and that black Britons fought at Trafalgar and in the trenches of both World Wars. Black British history is woven into the cultural and economic histories of the nation. It is not a singular history, but one that belongs to us all. Unflinching, confronting taboos, and revealing hitherto unknown scandals, Olusoga describes how the lives of black and white Britons have been entwined for centuries. Winner of the 2017 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize. Winner of the Longman History Today Trustees’ Award. A Waterstones History Book of the Year. Longlisted for the Orwell Prize. Shortlisted for the inaugural Jhalak Prize.

Darwin and the Nature of Species

Darwin and the Nature of Species
Title Darwin and the Nature of Species PDF eBook
Author David N. Stamos
Publisher State University of New York Press
Pages 296
Release 2012-02-01
Genre Science
ISBN 0791480887

Download Darwin and the Nature of Species Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Since the 1859 publication of On the Origin of Species, the concept of "species" in biology has been widely debated, with its precise definition far from settled. And yet, amazingly, there have been no books devoted to Charles Darwin's thinking on the term until now. David N. Stamos gives us a groundbreaking, historical reconstruction of Darwin's detailed, yet often misinterpreted, thoughts on this complex concept. Stamos provides a thorough and detailed analysis of Darwin's extensive writings, both published and unpublished, in order to reveal Darwin's actual species concept. Stamos argues that Darwin had a unique evolutionary species concept in mind, one that was not at all a product of his time. Challenging currently accepted views that believe Darwin was merely following the species ascriptions of his fellow naturalists, Stamos works to prove that this prevailing, nominalistic view should be overturned. This book also addresses three issues pertinent to the philosophy of science: the modern species problem, the nature of concept change in scientific revolutions, and the contextualist trend in professional history of science.

On the Origin of Species

On the Origin of Species
Title On the Origin of Species PDF eBook
Author Charles Darwin
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 455
Release 2009-05-14
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 1316658260

Download On the Origin of Species Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection is both a key scientific work of research, still read by scientists, and a readable narrative that has had a cultural impact unmatched by any other scientific text. First published in 1859, it has continued to sell, to be reviewed and discussed, attacked and defended. The Origin is one of those books whose controversial reputation ensures that many who have never read it nevertheless have an opinion about it. Jim Endersby's major scholarly edition debunks some of the myths that surround Darwin's book, while providing a detailed examination of the contexts within which it was originally written, published and read. Endersby provides a very readable introduction to this classic text and a level of scholarly apparatus (explanatory notes, bibliography and appendixes) that is unmatched by any other edition.

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 5, 1851-1855

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 5, 1851-1855
Title The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 5, 1851-1855 PDF eBook
Author Charles Darwin
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 762
Release 1985
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780521255912

Download The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 5, 1851-1855 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

"For the first time full authoritative texts of Darwin's are made available, edited according to modern textual editorial principles and practice. Letter-writing was of crucial importance to Darwin's work, not only because his poor health isolated him from direct personal communication with his scientific colleagues but also because the nature of his investigations required communication with naturalists in many fields and in all quarters of the globe. Thus the letters are a mine of information about the work in progress of a creative genius who produced an intellectual revolution." --