Harel Darwin's Love of Life

A Singular Case of Biophilia
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-231-55726-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

In this unconventional book, Kay Harel uses biophilia as a lens to explore Charles Darwin’s life and thought in deeply original ways. In a set of interrelated essays, she considers how the love of life enabled him to see otherwise unseen evolutionary truths.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harel, Karen L.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. A Study in Biophilia
2. It’s Dogged as Does It
3. The Glories and Limits of Facts
4. The Dance of Plants, the Roots of Mind
5. The Varieties of Passionate Experience
6. Beauty Is Life, Life Beauty
7. The One Great Love of Two True Minds
Selected Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kay Harel is a writer who holds MAs in science journalism from New York University and in English from the CUNY Graduate Center. She has published essays on Darwin as well as on figures such as William James, Edward Lear, and Wallace Stevens in Southwest Review, The Wallace Stevens Journal, and Sexuality and Culture.