Darwin S Fossils
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Darwin S Fossils
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Author : Adrian Lister
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Release Date : 2018-04-24
Darwin S Fossils written by Adrian Lister and has been published by Smithsonian Institution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-24 with Nature categories.
Reveals how Darwin's study of fossils shaped his scientific thinking and led to his development of the theory of evolution. Darwin's Fossils is an accessible account of Darwin's pioneering work on fossils, his adventures in South America, and his relationship with the scientific establishment. While Darwin's research on Galápagos finches is celebrated, his work on fossils is less well known. Yet he was the first to collect the remains of giant extinct South American mammals; he worked out how coral reefs and atolls formed; he excavated and explained marine fossils high in the Andes; and he discovered a fossil forest that now bears his name. All of this research was fundamental in leading Darwin to develop his revolutionary theory of evolution. This richly illustrated book brings Darwin's fossils, many of which survive in museums and institutions around the world, together for the first time. Including new photography of many of the fossils--which in recent years have enjoyed a surge of scientific interest--as well as superb line drawings produced in the nineteenth century and newly commissioned artists' reconstructions of the extinct animals as they are understood today, Darwin's Fossils reveals how Darwin's discoveries played a crucial role in the development of his groundbreaking ideas.
Charles Darwin Geologist
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Author : Sandra Herbert
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2005
Charles Darwin Geologist written by Sandra Herbert and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"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.
Charles Darwin
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Author : E. Janet Browne
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1996-04-21
Charles Darwin written by E. Janet Browne and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-04-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The centerpiece of this vivid portrait of Darwin is an account of his five-year expedition on the Beagle (1831-36), which transformed a seasick, Cambridge-educated science apprentice into a keen observer of nature and amateur geologist. Drawing on a wealth of new material from family archives, Brown masterfully recreates the personal, cultural and intellectual matrix out of which Darwin's evolutionary theory took shape. The second volulme picks up the story a year before the publication of On the Origin of Species, with the arrival of a package from Alfred Russel Wallace, whose own ideas on natural selection virtually mirrored Darwin's, forcing him to go public; as Browne shows, he proved himself a master tactician of institutional and media spin. Browne's subject is monumental, but her writing style is never overburdened by the weight. Rather, her prose is elegant in its clarity of thought, her craftsmanship impeccable in the way it weaves a coherent whole from the innumerable threads of thought, experience and persona that comprised this colossal life.
Charles Darwin Voyaging
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Author : Janet Browne
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-02-23
Charles Darwin Voyaging written by Janet Browne and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Few lives of great men offer so much interest - and so many mysteries - as the life of Charles Darwin, the greatest figure of nineteenth-century science, whose ideas are still inspiring discoveries and controversies more than 100 years after his death. Yet, only with the publication of Voyaging, the first volume of this acclaimed biography, do we have a truly vivid and comprehensive picture of Darwin as a man and a scientist. The second and final volume of Janet Browne's biography of Darwin - The Power of Place - is also available from Pimlico.
The Darwinian Heritage
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Author : David Kohn
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-14
The Darwinian Heritage written by David Kohn and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-14 with Science categories.
Representing the present rich state of historical work on Darwin and Darwinism, this volume of essays places the great theorist in the context of Victorian science. The book includes contributions by some of the most distinguished senior figures of Darwin scholarship and by leading younger scholars who have been transforming Darwinian studies. The result is the most comprehensive survey available of Darwin's impact on science and society. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Barnacle Biology
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Author : Alan J. Southward
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-12-19
Barnacle Biology written by Alan J. Southward and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-19 with Science categories.
This text gives an overview of almost all aspects of barnacle biology covering advances made since Charles Darwin to the present day.
Darwin S Sciences
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Author : Duncan Porter
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2015-06-08
Darwin S Sciences written by Duncan Porter and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-08 with Science categories.
A complete scientific biography of Darwin that takes into account the latest research findings, both published and unpublished, on the life of this remarkable man. Considered the first book to thoroughly emphasize Darwin’s research in various fields of endeavor, what he did, why he did it, and its implications for his time and ours. Rather than following a strictly chronological approach - a narrative choice that characteristically offers an ascent to On the Origin of Species (1859) with a rapid decline in interest following its publication and reception - this book stresses the diversity and full extent of Darwin’s career by providing a series of chapters centering on various intellectual topics and scientific specializations that interested Darwin throughout his life. Authored by academics with years of teaching and discussing Darwin, Darwin's Sciences is suited to any biologist who is interested in the deeper implications of Darwin's research.
Origins Of Darwin S Evolution
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Author : J. David Archibald
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2017-10-10
Origins Of Darwin S Evolution written by J. David Archibald and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-10 with Science categories.
Historical biogeography—the study of the history of species through both time and place—first convinced Charles Darwin of evolution. This field was so important to Darwin’s initial theories and line of thinking that he said as much in the very first paragraph of On the Origin of Species (1859) and later in his autobiography. His methods included collecting mammalian fossils in South America clearly related to living forms, tracing the geographical distributions of living species across South America, and sampling peculiar fauna of the geologically young Galápagos Archipelago that showed evident affinities to South American forms. Over the years, Darwin collected other evidence in support of evolution, but his historical biogeographical arguments remained paramount, so much so that he devotes three full chapters to this topic in On the Origin of Species. Discussions of Darwin’s landmark book too often give scant attention to this wealth of evidence, and we still do not fully appreciate its significance in Darwin’s thinking. In Origins of Darwin’s Evolution, J. David Archibald explores this lapse, showing how Darwin first came to the conclusion that, instead of various centers of creation, species had evolved in different regions throughout the world. He also shows that Darwin’s other early passion—geology—proved a more elusive corroboration of evolution. On the Origin of Species has only one chapter dedicated to the rock and fossil record, as it then appeared too incomplete for Darwin’s evidentiary standards. Carefully retracing Darwin’s gathering of evidence and the evolution of his thinking, Origins of Darwin’s Evolution achieves a new understanding of how Darwin crafted his transformative theory.
Bibliography Of Fossil Vertebrates 1959 1963
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Author : C.L. Camp, H.J. Allison, R.H. Nichols, and H. McGinnis
language : en
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Release Date : 1968
Bibliography Of Fossil Vertebrates 1959 1963 written by C.L. Camp, H.J. Allison, R.H. Nichols, and H. McGinnis and has been published by Geological Society of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Science categories.
Must Read Personalities A Life Story Of Charles Darwin
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Author : InRead Team
language : en
Publisher: by Mocktime Publication
Release Date : 2022-06-05
Must Read Personalities A Life Story Of Charles Darwin written by InRead Team and has been published by by Mocktime Publication this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-05 with Study Aids categories.
Description: This Book provides a quick glimpse about the life of Charles Darwin