Charles Darwin's Notebooks, 1836-1844: Geology, Transmutation of Species, Metaphysical Enquiries - Softcover

Charles Darwin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801495806 ISBN 13: 9780801495809

Publisher: Cornell University Press, 1989

Synopsis

"Not even On the Origin of Species matches the breadth of thought reflected in the notebooks, and we will never understand the Origin correctly unless we bear this breadth in mind. . . . The editors bring us about as close to the pertinent circumstances surrounding Darwin's early thought as scholarship can reasonably get."--Science

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Book Description:

Darwin's notebooks provide an invaluable record of his scientific thinking and most importantly, the development of his theory of natural selection. This edition of the notebooks, prepared to the highest standard of textual editing, thus affords a unified view of Darwin's professional interests.

From Library Journal:

This authoritative edition is a timely and welcome event after the publication of ten volumes of The Works ( LJ 2/1/88). Barrett (Michigan State), who co-edited that project, is here joined by four distinguished Darwin scholars from Great Britain and the United States. Darwin was a prodigious and methodical notetaker. The editors' goal is to provide an accurate text and some interpretation. This compilation contains 11 notebooks and four related manuscripts, including previously unpublished material, grouped under the headings "Geology," "Transmutation of Species," and "Metaphysical Enquiries." The Notebooks hold the mass of observations, comparisons, and conclusions that led to Darwin's theory of evolution and Origin of the Species . (Lay readers are better served by a good reading edition of that work.) The text of the notebooks, printed in generous type and accompanied by copious clear notes, is aided by a thorough bibliography and two indexes. The preface and introduction are well-written and informative on the state of Darwin resources and scholarship. Essential to scientific and scholarly collections; recommended for four-year academic and large public libraries. Harry E. Whitmore, Univ. of Maine Lib., Orono
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About this edition

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0801495806
• ISBN 13: 9780801495809
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 747
• Editor: Paul H. Barrett, Peter J. Gautrey, Sandra Herbert, David Kohn, Sydney Smith