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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume 1: Including an Autobiographical Chapter

By Charles Darwin , Francis Darwin (editor)

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780511702884, 9781108003445
DOI
10.1017/CBO9780511702884
Google Books ID
XeHwPwAACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5090489 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Life Sciences
Edition
1
Pages
414\414
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

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.

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