Dec 23, 2009

Charles Darwin’s Letters | Charles Darwin’s Letters

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Author: Charles Darwin
First Published: 1996
Type of Work: Letters
Time of Work: 1825-1859
Principal Characters: Charles Robert Darwin, John Stevens Henslow, John Dalton Hooker, Thomas Henry Huxley, Charles Lyell
Genres: Nonfiction, Letters, Biography
Subjects: Family or family life, Parents and children, Love or romance, Science or scientists, Fathers, Naturalists, Geology or geologists, Evolution, Botany or botanists

Charles Darwin is one of the half dozen or so scientists whose name is known to anyone who claims to be an educated person in the Western tradition. His theory of evolution through natural selection is one of the landmarks of Western thought. Like many modern scientists, Darwin left behind an abundant paper legacy. In addition to his many publications, he filled pages of notebooks and wrote thousands of letters to family, friends, and fellow scientists. He also received thousands of letters. A Calendar of Correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821-1882 (1985) lists nearly fourteen...

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Charles Darwin’s Letters | Charles Darwin’s Letters

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