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The life of Erasmus Darwin /
Charles Darwin's book about his grandfather, The Life of Erasmus Darwin, is curiously fascinating. Before publication in 1879, it was shortened by 16%, with several of the cuts directed at its most provocative parts. The cutter, with Charles's permission, was his daughter Henrietta - an ex...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2003.
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| Edición: | 1st unabridged ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Charles Darwin's book about his grandfather, The Life of Erasmus Darwin, is curiously fascinating. Before publication in 1879, it was shortened by 16%, with several of the cuts directed at its most provocative parts. The cutter, with Charles's permission, was his daughter Henrietta - an example of the strong hidden hand of meek-seeming Victorian women. Originally published in 2003, this first unabridged edition, edited by Desmond King-Hele, includes all that Charles originally intended, the cuts being restored and printed in italics. Erasmus Darwin was one of the leading intellectuals of the eighteenth century. He was a respected physician, a well-known poet, a keen mechanical inventor, and a founding member of the influential Lunar Society. He also possessed an amazing insight into the many branches of physical and biological science. Most notably, he adopted what we now call biological evolution as his theory of life, 65 years prior to Charles Darwin's Origin of Species. |
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| Notas: | Originally published: 1879. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 172 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-147) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511021100 9780511021107 0521815266 9780521815260 0511045743 9780511045745 9780511541445 0511541449 9786610434190 6610434190 1280434198 9781280434198 0511177933 9780511177934 0511148445 9780511148446 0511330340 9780511330346 |