The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 20, 1872 by Char... - 9781107038448

Cambridge University Press

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 20, 1872Author(s): Charles Darwin, Frederick Burkhardt, James Secord, The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107038448, 978-1107038448\nSynopsis\nThis volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world and to discuss his emerging ideas with scientific colleagues, many of whom he never met in person. The letters are published chronologically: volume 20 includes letters from 1872, the year in which The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals was published, making ground-breaking use of photogra.