Author: Erasmus Darwin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521821568
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 25
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First published in 2006, this book is a unique collection of the letters of Erasmus Darwin, revealing his amazing variety of talents.
Author: D.M. Hassler
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401024618
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. William Wordsworth, "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" Wallace Stevens said somewhere that the theory of poetry is the life of poetry.l Charles Darwin, who likes poetry, "recognized that at the eost of losing his appreciation of poetry and other things that delighted him in his youth, his mind had become a 'machine for grinding generallaws out of large colleetions of facts.' "2 Somewhere in between the polar positions of Stevens' extreme aesthetic belief and Darwin's extreme meehanistic belief lies the aesthetics of empirical thought and the whole modem Romantic tradition. There have been men in between who were both meehanists and poets, who both beIieved in automatic material meehanisms and tried to use the imagination. Erasmus Darwin was one of these "in between" figures. and since he lived early (1731-1802) in the modem scientific era he was one of the first. This older Darwin, the grandfather of Charles, has not been given due credit as a transitional figure in the development of the literature of our scientific era. Although historically and in terms of intelleetual stature the grandfather was a fanciful child compared to the giant grand soo, Erasmus Darwin's habits of thought anticipated one of the most distinguishing charaeteristics of his grandson. (The genetic suggestive.
Author: Erasmus Darwin
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752374144
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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Reproduction of the original: The Temple of Nature by Erasmus Darwin
Author: Charles Darwin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316998371
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
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This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging ideas with scientific colleagues, many of whom he never met in person. The letters are published chronologically: volume 27 includes letters from 1879, the year in which Darwin completed his manuscript on movement in plants. He also researched and published a biography of his grandfather Erasmus. The Darwins spent most of August on holiday in the Lake District. In October, Darwin's youngest son, Horace, became officially engaged to Ida Farrer, after some initial resistance from her father, who, although an admirer of Charles Darwin, thought Horace a poor prospect for his daughter.
Author: Charles Darwin
Publisher:
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Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Author: Erasmus Darwin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521237062
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 395
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Author: Erasmus Darwin
Publisher:
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Author: Erasmus Darwin
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
ISBN: 9781436644877
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author: J. David Archibald
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538111640
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
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Charles Darwin: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works provides an important new compendium presenting a detailed chronology of all aspects Darwin’s life. The extensive encyclopedia section includes many hundreds of entries of various kinds related to Darwin – people, places, institutions, concepts, and his publications. The bibliography provides a comprehensive listing of the vast majority of Darwin’s works published during and after his lifetime. It also provides a more selective list of publications concerning his life and work. Includes a nearly year by year chronology detailing Charles Darwin’s life, family, and work. The A to Z section includes many entries on concepts and people important in Charles Darwin’s life and his work, emphasizing during his lifetime but extending somewhat backwards and forwards from there. The bibliography includes all of Charles Darwin's articles and books published in his lifetime in English and other languages, as well as a selective list of works about him and his work. The index thoroughly cross-references the chronological and encyclopedic entries.
Author: Henrietta Emma Darwin Litchfield
Publisher: London, Murray
ISBN:
Category : Allen family
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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