Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker O.M., G.C.S.I. - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108031013 ISBN 13 : 9781108031011

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) was one of the most eminent botanists of the later nineteenth century. Educated at Glasgow, he developed his studies of plant life by examining specimens all over the world. After several successful scientific expeditions, first to the Antarctic and later to India, he was appointed to succeed his father as Director of the Botanical Gardens at Kew. Hooker was the first to hear of and support Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, and over their long friendship the two scientists exchanged many letters. Another close friend was the scientist T. H. Huxley, and it was the latter's son, Leonard (1860–1933), who published this standard biography in 1918. The second volume details Hooker's management of Kew, his later travels, and the end of his long life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108031013
• ISBN 13: 9781108031011
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 592
• Éditeur: Huxley Leonard
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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