A Calendar of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821-1882

Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-0-521-43423-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 748 Seiten, Format (B × H): 251 mm x 292 mm

Charles Darwin's correspondence is a prime source for understanding the intellectual revolution in which he was a central figure. As well as revealing how Darwin went about his work, the letters bring out the doubts and anxieties, the false starts and disappointments, which do not feature in his publications. This Calendar is a catalogue of the letters the editors of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin have found to date. Information on the source and location of each letter is given, together with a brief summary of the content. First published in 1985, it has been amended to take account of recently-discovered material and re-interpretations or re-dating of known letters. A new supplement section includes over 1500 amendments to the main body of the text together with over 500 newly-found addenda.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burkhardt, Frederick

Smith, Sydney

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Prefactory note
2. Introduction
3. Provenance list
4. Abbreviations and symbols used for physical description
5. The Correspondence (1821–82)
6. Undated letters and letters with wide ranges of dates
7. Empty covers
8. Addenda
9. Corrigenda
Appendices
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Burkhardt, Frederick
Frederick Burkhardt (1912-2007) was the founder of the Charles Darwin Correspondence Project, and the associated high profile book series The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Cambridge University Press, 1985-the present). He was President of the American Council of Learned Societies from 1957 to 1974, and in 2003 was awarded the American Philosophical Society Thomas Jefferson Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Arts, Humanities, or Social Sciences.