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W.W. Norton
Language
English
Pages
511

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Subjects
Biography, Naturalists, Darwin, charles, 1809-1882, Science, New York Times reviewed
People
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Places
England

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Charles Darwin: A New Life
October 1992, W. W. Norton & Company
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Charles Darwin: a new life
1991, W.W. Norton
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Charles Darwin: a biography
1990, Hutchinson
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Table of Contents

Brief chronology
Prologue
Two distinguished grandfathers : Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood
Parents to genius
A tragic loss; a formidable presence
A vulnerable personality
Science and natural history at Edinburgh 1825-1827
Sport, beetles and philosophy at Cambridge 1828-1831
A great and uncommon opportunity 1831
Opportunity seized 1832-1834
A troubled spirit 1832-1834
A voyage grievously too long 1834-1836
Geology carries the day 1832-1836
From prospective parson to aspiring scientist 1832-1836
Three fertile years 1837-1839
Darwin's revolutionary ideas
The day of days 1838-1839
A bitter mortification 1839-1842
Early years at Down 1842-1846
Too dispirited to write 1847-1849
Grief never wholly obliterated 1850-1853
Everlasting barnacles, a rising star and a dark horse 1853-1854
Sometimes in triumph, sometimes in despair 1855-1858
My abominable volume 1858-1859
Awful battles and staunch friends 1860-1862
A fearful disappointment 1863-1867
An odious spectre 1868-1871
A perfectly uniform life 1871-1872
Almost an Indian summer 1873-1877
Last years 1878-1882
Epilogue
Appendix : Darwin's ill health in the light of current research

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-487) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
575/.0092, B
Library of Congress
QH31.D2 B742 1991, QH31.D2B742 1991

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Hardcover
Pagination
xiv, 511 p. :
Number of pages
511
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

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OL1855611M
Internet Archive
charlesdarwinbio00bowl
ISBN 10
0393029409
LCCN
90007484
Library Thing
101900
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3807542

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