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17 produkter
Wanderlust
The Amazing Ida Pfeiffer, the First Female Tourist
Häftad, 2019
239 kr
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Wanderlust is the true story of Ida Pfeiffer (1797-1858), one of the most remarkable female travellers who ever lived - a housewife who decided to follow her dreams despite the strong disapproval of society. At a time when it was considered utterly impossible, Pfeiffer set off alone to travel the …
Charles Darwin
Häftad, 2020
111 kr
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The Compact Guide: Charles Darwin reveals the famous scientist's life in compelling detail. From his expedition aboard the Beagle and his legendary research in the Galapagos Islands, to his marriage and illness and the publication of his groundbreaking works, this book sheds fascinating light on …
Alfred Russel Wallace
Letters from the Malay Archipelago
Av John van Wyhe, Kees Rookmaaker
Häftad, 2015
268 kr
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This volume brings together the letters of the great Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) during his famous travels of 1854-62 in the Malay Archipelago (now Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia). it was these travels which led him to come independently to the same conclusion as …
Charles Darwin's Notebooks from the Voyage of the Beagle
Av Gordon Chancellor, John van Wyhe
Inbunden, 2009
2948 kr
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This is the first full edition of the notebooks used by Darwin during his epic voyage in the Beagle. It contains transcriptions of all fifteen notebooks, which now survive as some of the most precious documents in the history of science. The notebooks record the entire range of Darwin's interests …
Phrenology and the Origins of Victorian Scientific Naturalism
Inbunden, 2004
2519 kr
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Through a reassessment of phrenology, Phrenology and the Origins of Victorian Scientific Naturalism sheds light on all kinds of works in Victorian Britain and America which have previously been unnoticed or were simply referred to with a vague 'naturalism of the times' explanation. It is often …
Phrenology and the Origins of Victorian Scientific Naturalism
Häftad, 2017
894 kr
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Through a reassessment of phrenology, Phrenology and the Origins of Victorian Scientific Naturalism sheds light on all kinds of works in Victorian Britain and America which have previously been unnoticed or were simply referred to with a vague 'naturalism of the times' explanation. It is often …
Phrenology and the Origins of Victorian Scientific Naturalism
E-bok, 2017
1030 kr
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Through a reassessment of phrenology, Phrenology and the Origins of Victorian Scientific Naturalism sheds light on all kinds of works in Victorian Britain and America which have previously been unnoticed or were simply referred to with a vague ''naturalism of the times'' explanation. It is often …
Phrenology and the Origins of Victorian Scientific Naturalism
E-bok, 2017
1022 kr
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Through a reassessment of phrenology, Phrenology and the Origins of Victorian Scientific Naturalism sheds light on all kinds of works in Victorian Britain and America which have previously been unnoticed or were simply referred to with a vague ''naturalism of the times'' explanation. It is often …
DARWIN: A COMPANION - WITH ICONOGRAPHIES BY JOHN VAN WYHE
Av Paul van Helvert, John van Wyhe
Inbunden, 2021
1114 kr
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"This is a book that required a great many research hours, the kind of volume you may be glad someone took the time to compile."The Quarterly Review of Biology This is the ultimate guide to the life and work of Charles Darwin. The result of decades of research through a vast and daunting literature …
DARWIN: A COMPANION - WITH ICONOGRAPHIES BY JOHN VAN WYHE
Av Paul van Helvert, John van Wyhe
Häftad, 2021
585 kr
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"This is a book that required a great many research hours, the kind of volume you may be glad someone took the time to compile."The Quarterly Review of Biology This is the ultimate guide to the life and work of Charles Darwin. The result of decades of research through a vast and daunting literature …
Wanderlust
The Amazing Ida Pfeiffer, the First Female Tourist
E-bok, 2020
288 kr
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I found no one to accompany me, and was determined to do; so I trusted to fate, and went alone. In 1797 in Vienna, Ida Pfeiffer was born into a world that should have been too small for her dreams. The daughter of an Austrian merchant, she made clear from an early age that she would not be bound by …
DISPELLING THE DARKNESS: VOYAGE IN THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO AND THE DISCOVERY OF EVOLUTION BY WALLACE AND DARWIN
Inbunden, 2013
1025 kr
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“The facts of variability, of the struggle for existence, of adaptation to conditions, were notorious enough; but none of us had suspected that the road to the heart of the species problem lay through them, until Darwin and Wallace dispelled the darkness.”T H Huxley (1887)Darwin is one of the most …
DISPELLING THE DARKNESS: VOYAGE IN THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO AND THE DISCOVERY OF EVOLUTION BY WALLACE AND DARWIN
Häftad, 2013
525 kr
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“The facts of variability, of the struggle for existence, of adaptation to conditions, were notorious enough; but none of us had suspected that the road to the heart of the species problem lay through them, until Darwin and Wallace dispelled the darkness.”T H Huxley (1887)Darwin is one of the most …
CHARLES DARWIN IN CAMBRIDGE: THE MOST JOYFUL YEARS
Inbunden, 2014
708 kr
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Charles Darwin's years as a student at the University of Cambridge were some of the most important and formative of his life. Thereafter he always felt a particular affection for Cambridge. For a time he even considered a Cambridge professorship as a career and sent three of his sons there to be …
CHARLES DARWIN IN CAMBRIDGE: THE MOST JOYFUL YEARS
Häftad, 2014
351 kr
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Charles Darwin's years as a student at the University of Cambridge were some of the most important and formative of his life. Thereafter he always felt a particular affection for Cambridge. For a time he even considered a Cambridge professorship as a career and sent three of his sons there to be …
Annotated Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace
Av Alfred Russel Wallace, John van Wyhe
Häftad, 2014
320 kr
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Wallace's Malay Archipelago is a classic account of the travels of a Victorian naturalist through island Southeast Asia. It has been loved by readers ever since its publication in 1869. Despite numerous modern reprints with appreciative introductions, this is the first - and long overdue - …
Charles Darwin's Shorter Publications, 1829-1883
Inbunden, 2009
2230 kr
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Charles Darwin's words first appeared in print as a student at Christ's College, Cambridge in 1829, and in almost every subsequent year of his life he published essays, articles, letters to editors, or other brief works. These shorter publications contain a wealth of valuable material. They …
