03200nam 22007094a 450 991081066970332120200520144314.01-107-13398-X1-280-43419-897866104341900-511-17793-30-511-02110-00-511-14844-50-511-33034-00-511-54144-90-511-04574-3(CKB)1000000000001321(EBL)202253(OCoLC)437063480(SSID)ssj0000192166(PQKBManifestationID)11185097(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192166(PQKBWorkID)10204559(PQKB)10533628(UkCbUP)CR9780511541445(Au-PeEL)EBL202253(CaPaEBR)ebr10063462(CaONFJC)MIL43419(MiAaPQ)EBC202253(PPN)261306960(EXLCZ)99100000000000132120020329e20031879 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe life of Erasmus Darwin /by Charles Darwin ; edited by Desmond King-Hele1st unabridged ed.New York Cambridge University Pressc20031 online resource (xx, 172 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Originally published: 1879.0-521-29874-1 0-521-81526-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-147) and index.Introduction -- Synopsis -- Charles Darwin's preface -- The Life of Erasmus Darwin by Charles Darwin -- Charles Darwin's references -- Notes on the text.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. Originally published in 2003, 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.NaturalistsEnglandBiographyPhysiciansEnglandBiographyNaturalistsPhysicians508/.092BDarwin Charles1809-1882.46083King-Hele Desmond1927-12599MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810669703321The life of Erasmus Darwin4197993UNINA