The Collected Letters of Erasmus Darwin - Couverture rigide

Darwin, Erasmus

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521821568 ISBN 13 : 9780521821568

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Erasmus Darwin has often been cited as the most widely talented man of the past 250 years. He excelled in medicine and poetry, was an inventor and wide ranging man of science, and founded several societies. This 2006 collection of 460 of his letters provides an insight into the life of this amazing man. Darwin was famous throughout Britain as a physician; his medical letters to patients and private letters to his physician son Robert are a rich source for historians of medicine. His lively letters to the 'Lunar Men', Boulton, Watt, Keir and Wedgwood, provide insight into the Industrial Revolution in England. In the 1790s Darwin propounded the idea of biological evolution, although it was his grandson Charles who persuaded people to take it seriously. This unique collection reveals the variety of Erasmus Darwin's talents, and his wide range of important friendships.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Desmond King-Hele is recognised as the world's leading authority on Erasmus Darwin. He has written 20 books and 300 papers, and his biography of Eramus Darwin won the Society of Authors Medical History Prize in 1999.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521821568
• ISBN 13: 9780521821568
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 666
• Éditeur: King-Hele Desmond
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie