Charles Darwin and the Question of Evolution: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)

Sandra Herbert

ISBN 10: 0312475179 / ISBN 13: 9780312475178

Published by Bedford/St. Martin's, 2011

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2011. First Edition. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Charles Darwin and the Question of Evolution: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312475179
• ISBN 13: 9780312475178
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Closely examine the era of scientific thought from the late eighteenth century onward, and the startling discoveries that led to the conclusion that life has evolved in Charles Darwin and the Question of Evolution.

About the Author

SANDRA HERBERT (Ph.D. Brandeis University) is Professor Emerita of History at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a fellow of the Geological Society of America, and a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of Natural History. A scholar of Charles Darwin, Herbert edited The Red Notebook of Charles Darwin (1980) and co-edited Charles Darwins Notebooks, 1836-1844 (1987). Her book Charles Darwin: Geologist (2005), won the Geology Society of Americas Mary C. Rabbitt Award, the History of Science Societys Suzanne J. Levinson Book Award, the American Historical Associations George L. Mosse Prize, and the North American Conference on British Studies Albion Book Prize.