The Lawrence Jacobsen Library
P-S/PrimateLit Review Books

van Whye, John, ed.
Cambridge University Press, 2009.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Charles Darwin’s words first appeared in print as a student at Christ’s College, Cambridge in 1829, and in almost every subsequent year of his life he published essays, articles, letters to editors, or other brief works. These shorter publications contain a wealth of valuable material. They represent an important part of the Darwin visible to the Victorian public, alongside his ever present sense of humor, and reveal an even wider variety of his scientific interests and abilities, which continued to his final days. This book brings together all known shorter publications and printed items Darwin wrote during his lifetime, including his first and his last publications, and the first publication, with A. R. Wallace, of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. With over seventy newly discovered items, the book is fully edited and annotated, and contains original illustrations and a comprehensive bibliography.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John van Wyhe is a historian of science, specializing on Charles Darwin, at the University of Cambridge. He is founder and Director of The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, Bye-Fellow of Christ's College, affiliate of the Department of History & Philosophy of Science, Member of Council for the British Society for the History of Science and Director of its (in progress) online Wheeler Library. More information on Dr. van Whye can be found at http://darwin-online.org.uk/people/van_wyhe.html.

CONTENTS

Foreword by Janet Browne and Jim Secord

Introduction

Acknowledgements

The shorter publications, 1829-1883, arranged by year

Bibliography
Index

WHERE TO ORDER

ISBN 978-0-52188-809-7 (Hardcover) $160.00
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Posted Date: 2009-05-14

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