{"product_id":"life-and-letters-of-sir-joseph-dalton-hooker-o-m-g-c-s-i-paperback-9781108031004","title":"Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker O.M., G.C.S.I. (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108031004","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLife and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker O.M., G.C.S.I.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe standard biography of the botanist, of which this first volume includes many letters written to Charles Darwin.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph Dalton Hooker (Author), Leonard Huxley (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108031004, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 May 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e574 pages, 4 b\/w illus.  1 map\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.2 cm, 0.72 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) was one of the most eminent botanists of the later nineteenth century. Educated at Glasgow, he developed his studies of plant life by examining specimens all over the world. After several successful scientific expeditions, first to the Antarctic and later to India, he was appointed to succeed his father as Director of the Botanical Gardens at Kew. Hooker was the first to hear of and support Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, and over their long friendship the two scientists exchanged many letters. Another close friend was the scientist T. H. Huxley, and it was the latter's son, Leonard (1860–1933), who published this standard biography in 1918. The first volume describes Hooker's early life and his career up to 1860. It includes many letters to Darwin as the two men discussed the new theories and the publication of On the Origin of Species.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Early days\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Antarctic voyage: preliminaries\u003cbr\u003e 3. The southern journey and its scientific scope\u003cbr\u003e 4. The voyage of the Erebus and Terror: passing impressions\u003cbr\u003e 5. Tasmania and the Antarctic\u003cbr\u003e 6. South again: New Zealand and the Cape\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Antarctic voyage: personal\u003cbr\u003e 8. Return to England: and visit to Paris\u003cbr\u003e 9. Edinburgh\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Geological Survey\u003cbr\u003e 11. The voyage to India\u003cbr\u003e 12. Journey to the Kymore Hills\u003cbr\u003e 13. To Darjiling: the first Himalayan journey\u003cbr\u003e 14. The second Himalayan journey\u003cbr\u003e 15. Captivity and release\u003cbr\u003e 16. Last days in Sikkim\u003cbr\u003e 17. To the Khasia Mountains\u003cbr\u003e 18. The return from India\u003cbr\u003e 19. Botany: its position and prospects in the fifties\u003cbr\u003e 20. Science teaching: examinations\u003cbr\u003e 21. Science organisation: societies, journals, and rewards\u003cbr\u003e 22. Miscellaneous, 1850–60\u003cbr\u003e 23. Letters to Darwin, 1843–59\u003cbr\u003e 24. On species\u003cbr\u003e 25. The making of the 'Origin': science and friendship\u003cbr\u003e 26. Publication of the 'Origin' and the 'Introduction to the Tasmanian Flora'\u003cbr\u003e 27. The journey to Palestine and the work of 1860.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266025247000,"sku":"9781108031004","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108031004i.jpg?v=1694873624","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/life-and-letters-of-sir-joseph-dalton-hooker-o-m-g-c-s-i-paperback-9781108031004","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}