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John van Wyhe, Gordon Chancellor - Charles Darwin's Geological Diary and Field Notes from the Voyage of the 'Beagle', Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

Charles Darwin's Geological Diary and Field Notes from the Voyage of the 'Beagle'

Av John van Wyhe, Gordon Chancellor

1932 kr

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Charles Darwin's Geological diary is a crucial document for studying his intellectual development during the voyage of the 'Beagle' - a voyage that so famously changed our understanding of the world forever. It is by far Darwin's longest manuscript and records his geological work (and more) throughout the voyage. This is the last complete account of the voyage of the 'Beagle' by Darwin himself to be published. It contains a wealth of previously unpublished material revealing, for example, islands Darwin visited, mountains he climbed, people he met, and books he read. It contains fascinating clues on his changing views of the history of life, the Earth, and the movements of living things across the globe, ideas that formed the foundation of Darwin's theory of evolution.Accompanied by full editorial apparatus and explanatory introductions, this volume contains hundreds of individual handwritten documents, which have been deciphered, ordered, and meticulously edited to make them accessible and illuminate this pivotal chapter in Darwin's life.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2027-07-09
  • Mått: 156 x 235 x undefined mm
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 1 104
  • Förlag: OUP USA
  • ISBN: 9780197817285
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John van Wyhe is a historian of science who specializes in the Victorian period, particularly Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. He is the founder and Director of The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, the world's largest online resource on Charles Darwin. He has published 18 books, and lectures and broadcasts around the world. In 2009 he was invited from the University of Cambridge to take up a position created for him at the National University of Singapore, the first joint appointment between the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.Having studied geology at the University of Wales, Gordon Chancellor obtained his PhD in 1979 from Aberdeen and Uppsala. By that time, he had read The Origin of Species and become fascinated by Charles Darwin. As a postdoc in Oxford he began research on Darwin's 'Beagle' collections and transcribed his field notebooks, work he continued during a career as museum curator and archive adviser. In 2004 he met Johnvan Wyhe in Cambridge, leading to joint publication of the Notebooks in 2009. His current research interests centre on the relevance of evolutionary theories to nineteenth century literature.

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