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Charles Darwin: a new life
1991, W.W. Norton
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in English
- 1st American ed.
0393029409 9780393029406
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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.
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