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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453051003321

Autore

Berra Tim M. <1943->

Titolo

Darwin and his children [[electronic resource] ] : his other legacy / / Tim M. Berra

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-19-930946-9

0-19-930945-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Disciplina

576.8/2

Soggetti

Naturalists - England

Evolution (Biology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Darwin's Paradigm Shift; 2. Charles and Emma; 3. William Erasmus Darwin (1839-1914); 4. Anne Elizabeth Darwin (1841-1851); 5. Mary Eleanor Darwin (1842-1842); 6. Henrietta Emma Darwin (1843-1927); 7. George Howard Darwin (1845-1912); 8. Elizabeth Darwin (1847-1926); 9. Francis Darwin (1848-1925); 10. Leonard Darwin (1850-1943); 11. Horace Darwin (1851-1928); 12. Charles Waring Darwin (1856-1858); Epilogue; Appendix 1: Timeline; Appendix 2: Cast of Characters; References; About the Author; Also by Tim M. Berra; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K

LM; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

While much has been written about the life and works of Charles Darwin, the lives of his ten children remain largely unexamined. Most ""Darwin books"" consider his children as footnotes to the life of their famous father and close with the death of Charles Darwin. This is the only book that deals substantially with the lives of his children from their birth to their death, each in his or her own chapter. Tim Berra's Darwin and His Children: His Other Legacy explores Darwin's marriage to his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood, a devout Unitarian, who worried that her husband's lack of faith would keep