Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Volume 1

Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Volume 1

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Darwin, Charles
Cambridge University Press
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This book, the first of three-volumes detailing the life of Charles Darwin, published five years after his death, was edited by his son Francis, who was his father's collaborator in experiments in botany and who after his death took on the responsibility of overseeing the publication of his remaining manuscript works and letters. In the preface to the first volume, Francis Darwin explains his editorial principles: 'In choosing letters for publication I have been largely guided by the wish to illustrate my father's personal character. But his life was so essentially one of work, that a history of the man could not be written without following closely the career of the author.' Among the family history, anecdotes and reminiscences of scientific colleagues is a short autobiographical essay which Charles Darwin wrote for his children and grandchildren, rather than for publication. This account of Darwin the man has never been bettered.
EAN 9781108003445
ISBN 1108003443
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Publication date July 20, 2009
Pages 416
Language English
Dimensions 216 x 140 x 24
Country United Kingdom
Readership Professional & Scholarly
Authors Darwin, Charles
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises
Editors Darwin, Francis
Series Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics