{"product_id":"the-correspondence-of-charles-darwin-volume-5-1851-1855-hardback-9780521255912","title":"The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 5, 1851–1855 (Hardback) 9780521255912","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 5, 1851–1855\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe correspondence in this volume reveals the two sides of Darwin's life with new intensity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles Darwin (Author), Frederick Burkhardt (Edited by), Sydney Smith (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521255912, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 February 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e752 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 4.5 cm, 1.375 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"It is difficult to imagine historians of modern science, or of any period, who would not find these volumes worth reading.\"   Jane R. Camerini, Isis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe correspondence in this volume reveals the two sides of Darwin's life in a new intensity. It opens with a family tragedy in the death of Darwin's oldest and best loved daughter, Anne, and goes on to show how Darwin sought relief from his loss through work, with a single-minded but increasingly weary commitment to the completion of his cirripede monographs. In September 1854, as soon as the final proofs of the last barnacle volume had been returned to the printer, Darwin threw himself into a resumption of his species work. He followed up old ideas by initiating new experiments and establishing a worldwide correspondence that encompassed geographical distribution, variation, and plant and animal breeding. The wealth of letters through 1855 makes evident the frenzy of intellectual activity that followed Darwin's terse announcement in his diary: 'Sept. 9th (1854) began sorting notes for Species Theory …'\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of letters\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Note on editorial policy\u003cbr\u003e List of provenances\u003cbr\u003e Darwin\/Wedgwood genealogy\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations and symbols\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Correspondence, 1851-55: Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Manuscript alterations and comments\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Biographical register and index to correspondents\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Evolution [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Evolution\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Evolution%20%5BPSAJ%5D%22\"\u003ePSAJ\u003c\/a\u003e], 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":46006957670680,"sku":"9780521255912","price":107.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521255912i_354eca8d-17bb-4a19-800f-2c0512e20e97.jpg?v=1691374118","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-correspondence-of-charles-darwin-volume-5-1851-1855-hardback-9780521255912","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}