The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 11, 1863

by Charles Darwin, Frederick Burkhardt, Duncan Porter, Sheila Ann Dean, Jonathan R. Topham

Overview

This volume includes many letters previously unpublished, and chronicles a year that was enlivened by scientific controversy and filled with scientific queries and discussions relating to Darwin's transmutation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 support Darwin received from his family.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521590334
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/16/1999
Series:	The Correspondence of Charles Darwin , #11
Pages:	1086
Product dimensions:	6.46(w) x 9.53(h) x 2.32(d)

About the Author

Date of Birth:

February 12, 1809

Date of Death:

April 19, 1882

Place of Birth:

Shrewsbury, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

B.A. in Theology, Christ¿s College, Cambridge University, 1831

Table of Contents

List of illustrations; List of letters; Introduction; Acknowledgments; List of provenances; Note on editorial policy; Darwin/Wedgwood genealogy; Abbreviations and symbols; The Correspondence, 1863; Appendixes; Manuscript alterations and comments; Biographical register and index to correspondents; Bibliography; Notes on manuscript sources; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"A more serious picture of the scientist's thought is necessarily conveyed..." Kate Flint, Studies in English Literature

"...chronicles a year of scientific controversy over Darwin's transmutation theory and illustrates Darwin's love of botany and his expanding experimental program." Documentary Editing

"This volume of the Darwin correspondence covers a vital point in the development of his theory when it was just beginning to gain wider acceptence...historians dealing with the impact of the theory of evolution can only be grateful that the careful editorial work of the Correspondence team is continuing with the same high quality as in the previous volumes." Annals of Science

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