Charles Darwin's The Life of Erasmus Darwin

Charles Darwin

172 pages, parution le 30/10/2002

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Résumé

Charles Darwin's book about his grandfather, The Life of Erasmus Darwin, is curiously fascinating. Before publication in 1879, it was shortened by 16%, with several of the cuts directed at its most provocative parts. The cutter, with Charles's permission, was his daughter Henrietta - an example of the strong hidden hand of meek-seeming Victorian women. This first unabridged edition, edited by Desmond King-Hele, includes all that Charles originally intended, the cuts being restored and printed in italics.
Erasmus Darwin was one of the leading intellectuals of the eighteenth century. He was a respected physician, a well-known poet, a keen mechanical inventor, and a founding member of the influential Lunar Society. He also possessed an amazing insight into the many branches of physical and biological science. Most notably, he adopted what we now call biological evolution as his theory of life, 65 years prior to Charles Darwin's Origin of Species.

Contents

Introduction
Synopsis
Charles Darwin's preface
The Life of Erasmus Darwin by Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin's references
Notes on the text

L'auteur - Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin (12 février 1809 - 19 avril 1882) est un naturaliste anglais dont les travaux et les théories sur l'évolution des espèces vivantes ont profondément révolutionné la biologie. Il a développé l'hypothèse, appelée depuis "darwinisme", selon laquelle toutes les espèces vivantes ont évolué au cours du temps à partir d'un ancêtre commun - ou d'un petit nombre d'ancêtres communs - grâce au processus de sélection naturelle.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Charles Darwin
Parution	30/10/2002
Nb. de pages	172
Format	14,5 x 22
Couverture	Relié
Poids	405g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521815260
ISBN13	978-0-521-81526-0