Collected Letters of Erasmus Darwin

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-521-82156-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 666 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1136 g

Erasmus Darwin has often been cited as the most widely talented man of the past 250 years. He excelled in medicine and poetry; was an inventor and wide ranging man of science, and founded several societies. This collection of 460 of his letters, of which over half have never been published, provides an insight into the life of this amazing man. Darwin was famous throughout Britain as a physician; his medical letters to patients and private letters to his physician son Robert are a rich source for historians of medicine. His lively letters to the 'Lunar Men', Boulton, Watt, Keir and Wedgwood, provide insight into the Industrial Revolution in England. In the 1790s Darwin propounded the idea of biological evolution, although it was his grandson Charles who persuaded people to take it seriously. This unique collection reveals the variety of Erasmus Darwin's talents, and his wide range of important friendships.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Darwin, Erasmus

King-Hele, Desmond

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of plates; Introduction; 1. Erasmus Darwin and his letters; 2. Editorial principles; 3. The letters and their locations; 4. The recipients; 5. Abbreviations; 6. Acknowledgements; The letters; Biographical index; General index.

Über Autor(innen)

Darwin, Erasmus
Desmond King-Hele is recognised as the world's leading authority on Erasmus Darwin. He has written 20 books and 300 papers, and his biography of Eramus Darwin won the Society of Authors Medical History Prize in 1999.