The Quotable Darwin - Couverture rigide

Darwin, Charles

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0691169357 ISBN 13 : 9780691169354

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2017

Synopsis

A treasure trove of illuminating and entertaining quotations from the legendary naturalist

Here is Charles Darwin in his own words--the naturalist, traveler, scientific thinker, and controversial author of On the Origin of Species, the book that shook the Victorian world. Featuring hundreds of quotations carefully selected by world-renowned Darwin biographer Janet Browne, The Quotable Darwin draws from Darwin's writings, letters to friends and family, autobiographical reminiscences, and private scientific notebooks. It offers a multifaceted portrait that takes readers through his youth, the famous voyage of the Beagle, the development of his thoughts about evolution, his gradual loss of religious faith, and the time spent turning his ideas into a well-articulated theory about the natural origin of all living beings--a theory that dangerously included the origin of humans.

The Quotable Darwin also includes many of the key responses to Darwin's ideas from figures across the social spectrum, scientists and nonscientists alike--and criticism too. We see Darwin as an innovative botanist and geologist, an affectionate husband and father, and a lively correspondent who once told his cousin that he liked to play billiards because "it drives the horrid species out of my head." This book gives us an intimate look at Darwin at work, at home, as a public figure, and on his travels.

Complete with a chronology of Darwin's life by Browne, The Quotable Darwin provides an engagingly fresh perspective on a remarkable man who was always thinking deeply about the natural world.

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À propos de l'auteur

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist who developed the revolutionary theory of evolution by natural selection. His books included On the Origin of Species and The Voyage of the "Beagle." Janet Browne is the Aramont Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at Harvard University. Her books include the acclaimed two-volume biography of Darwin, Charles Darwin: Voyaging and Charles Darwin: The Power of Place (both Princeton).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0691169357
• ISBN 13: 9780691169354
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Éditeur: Browne Janet
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• Personne responsable: non disponible