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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521517575

ISBN-139780521517577

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Number of Pages650 Pages

Publication NameCharles Darwin's Notebooks from the Voyage of the Beagle

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

SubjectNatural History, History, Expeditions & Discoveries, Science & Technology

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaScience, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorJohn Van Wyhe

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight50.4 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width6.8 in

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Reviews'This is the first time that Darwin's day-to-day notebooks from the Beagle voyage have been published in their entirety and the result is quite simply stunning. â€¦ The result is to render what is often considered to be the least readable of all Darwin's material instantly accessible and engaging for all. â€¦ hardly a page goes by without some gem jumping out and hinting at the scientific giant he would become.' Times Higher Education Supplement, "The transcriptions of the notebooks will excite naturalists and historians of science. Recommended." J.S. Schwartz, Choice Magazine, 'â€¦ impressive â€¦ a meticulously edited piece â€¦ It provides some interesting dimensions about how scientific observation was made two centuries ago â€¦ as an archival source, it could definitely help graduate students in their research related to Darwin.' PaleoAnthropology, 'Not until now has it been possible to read in book form the immediate notes that Darwin himself had written in the little field notebooks that he carried with him â€¦ which takes us all the way to what a young man born two hundred years ago once saw when he was for some years very far from home.' Richard Darwin Keynes, editor of Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary (Cambridge University Press) and great-grandson of Darwin, "Gordon Chancellor and John Van Wyhe are to be thanked for doing this onerous job and doing it so carefully and thoughtfully be providing nice introductions to the notebooks and careful editorial annotations throughout." Michael Ruse, The Quarterly Review of Biology, "This impressive book comes with a detailed chronology indicating where Darwin was for about every day between 1832 and 1836, plus appendixes, bibliography, and a detailed index. All in all, this hefty Charles Darwin's Notebooks from the Voyage of the 'Beagle' is a meticulously edited piece, for advanced scholars in natural sciences, history of science, palaeontology, and anthropology. It provides some interesting dimensions about how scientific observation was made two centuries ago." Yves Laberge, PaleoAnthropology, 'This is the first time that Darwin's day-to-day notebooks from the Beagle voyage have been published in their entirety and the result is quite simply stunning. ... The result is to render what is often considered to be the least readable of all Darwin's material instantly accessible and engaging for all. ... hardly a page goes by without some gem jumping out and hinting at the scientific giant he would become.' Times Higher Education Supplement, 'Not until now has it been possible to read in book form the immediate notes that Darwin himself had written in the little field notebooks that he carried with him ... which takes us all the way to what a young man born two hundred years ago once saw when he was for some years very far from home.' Richard Darwin Keynes, editor of Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary (Cambridge University Press) and great-grandson of Darwin

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal578.092

Table Of ContentForeword by Richard Darwin Keynes; Introduction; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; The Notebooks: Cape de Verds, Rio, Buenos Ayres, Falkland, B. Blanca, St. Fe, Banda Oriental, Port Desire, Valparaiso, Santiago, Galapagos, Coquimbo, Copiapò, Despoblado, Sydney; Expedition equipment; Chronological register; Bibliography; Index.

SynopsisThis is the first full edition of the notebooks used by Darwin during his epic voyage in the Beagle. It contains transcriptions of all fifteen notebooks, which now survive as some of the most precious documents in the history of science. The notebooks record the entire range of Darwin's interests and activities during the Beagle journey, with observations on geology, zoology, botany, ecology, barometer and thermometer readings, ethnography, anthropology, archaeology and linguistics, along with maps, drawings, financial records, shopping lists, reading notes, essays and personal diary entries. Some of Darwin's critical discoveries and experiences, made famous through his own publications, are recorded in their most immediate form in the notebooks, and published here for the first time. The notebook texts are accompanied by full editorial apparatus and introductions explaining Darwin's actions at each stage, focussing on discoveries that were pivotal to convincing him that life on Earth had evolved., This is the first full edition of the fifteen notebooks used by Darwin during his Beagle voyage, which record his activities and interests in their most immediate form. The texts are accompanied by full editorial apparatus and introductions, focussing on discoveries convincing Darwin that life on Earth had evolved.

LC Classification NumberQH365.Z9

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