Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America
Author : Charles Darwin
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Page : 682 pages
File Size : 25,65 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Beagle Expedition
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Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher :
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 25,65 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Beagle Expedition
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Author : Charles Darwin
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Page : 342 pages
File Size : 10,62 MB
Release : 1846
Category : Beagle Expedition
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Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 24,62 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0674060172
Presents Darwin's masterwork on evolution with extensive annotations by an experienced field biologist.
Author : Paul H Barrett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 26,92 MB
Release : 2016-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1315477319
The ninth volume in a 29-volume set which contain all Charles Darwin's published works. Darwin was one of the most influential figures of the 19th century. His work remains a central subject of study in the history of ideas, the history of science, zoology, botany, geology and evolution.
Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 39,44 MB
Release : 2005-07-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521673501
For the first time, Darwin's notes and logs from his voyage are published. Included are analyses, pencil drawings, and technical notes.
Author : Charles Darwin
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Page : 722 pages
File Size : 17,42 MB
Release : 1851
Category : Beagle Expedition
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Author : Walter Frederick Ferrier
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Page : 576 pages
File Size : 19,84 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Geology
ISBN :
Lists publications of Geological Survey of Canada from its inception to August 1, 1917. Arranged into sections according to type of publication. Includes finding list arranged according to provinces and territories as well as author index.
Author : Charles Robert Darwin
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Page : 768 pages
File Size : 22,70 MB
Release : 1851
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Page : 700 pages
File Size : 34,60 MB
Release : 1876
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Author : Sandra Herbert
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 45,30 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Geologists
ISBN : 9780801443480
"Pleasure of imagination.... I a geologist have illdefined notion of land covered with ocean, former animals, slow force cracking surface &c truly poetical."--from Charles Darwin's Notebook M, 1838 The early nineteenth century was a golden age for the study of geology. New discoveries in the field were greeted with the same enthusiasm reserved today for advances in the biomedical sciences. In her long-awaited account of Charles Darwin's intellectual development, Sandra Herbert focuses on his geological training, research, and thought, asking both how geology influenced Darwin and how Darwin influenced the science. Elegantly written, extensively illustrated, and informed by the author's prodigious research in Darwin's papers and in the nineteenth-century history of earth sciences, Charles Darwin, Geologist provides a fresh perspective on the life and accomplishments of this exemplary thinker. As Herbert reveals, Darwin's great ambition as a young scientist--one he only partially realized--was to create a "simple" geology based on movements of the earth's crust. (Only one part of his scheme has survived in close to the form in which he imagined it: a theory explaining the structure and distribution of coral reefs.) Darwin collected geological specimens and took extensive notes on geology during all of his travels. His grand adventure as a geologist took place during the circumnavigation of the earth by H.M.S. Beagle (1831-1836)--the same voyage that informed his magnum opus, On the Origin of Species. Upon his return to England it was his geological findings that first excited scientific and public opinion. Geologists, including Darwin's former teachers, proved a receptive audience, the British government sponsored publication of his research, and the general public welcomed his discoveries about the earth's crust. Because of ill health, Darwin's years as a geological traveler ended much too soon: his last major geological fieldwork took place in Wales when he was only thirty-three. However, the experience had been transformative: the methods and hypotheses of Victorian-era geology, Herbert suggests, profoundly shaped Darwin's mind and his scientific methods as he worked toward a full-blown understanding of evolution and natural selection.