Darwin's Sciences

• Autore: Porter Duncan
• Pubblicazione: Chicester : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 pages)
• Disciplina: 508.092 B
• Soggetto topico: Naturalists
• Altri autori: GrahamPeter
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Darwin the Geologist -- Shrewsbury -- Edinburgh -- Cambridge -- Shrewsbury and North Wales -- The Beagle voyage -- Geological observations on the volcanic islands (1846) -- Geological observations on South America (1842) -- The structure and distribution of Coral Reefs (1842, 1874) -- After the Beagle -- On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life (November 1859) -- Chapter 3 Darwin the Zoologist -- Shrewsbury -- Edinburgh -- Cambridge -- The Beagle voyage -- After the Beagle -- Chapter 4 Darwin the Botanist -- Shrewsbury -- Edinburgh -- Cambridge -- Botany on the Beagle -- After the Beagle -- CD as a botanist -- Chapter 5 Darwin the Social Scientist -- On and off the Beagle -- Ethics and religion -- The Descent of Man -- The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872, 1890) -- CD as genealogist -- Chapter 6 Coda: Darwin, Worms, and the World -- Bibliography -- Index -- EULA.
• Sommario/riassunto: A complete scientific biography of Darwin that takes into account the latest research findings, both published and unpublished, on the life of this remarkable man. Considered the first book to thoroughly emphasize Darwin's research in various fields of endeavor, what he did, why he did it, and its implications for his time and ours. Rather than following a strictly chronological approach - a narrative choice that characteristically offers an ascent to On the Origin of Species (1859) with a rapid decline in interest following its publication and reception - this book stresses the diversity and full extent of Darwin's career by providing a series of chapters centering on various intellectual topics and scientific specializations that interested Darwin throughout his life. Authored by academics with years of teaching and discussing Darwin, Darwin's Sciences is suited to any biologist who is interested in the deeper implications of Darwin's research.
• Titolo autorizzato: Darwin's Sciences
• ISBN: 9781119045731; 9781444330359
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910954616203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II