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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850
Charles Darwin
Frederick Burkhardt
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 1985
主題
Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
Biography & Autobiography / Environmentalists & Naturalists
Science / Life Sciences / Biology
Science / Life Sciences / Evolution
Science / History
ISBN
0521255902
9780521255905
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=3cWjjhdQ38EC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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This volume covers the first years of Darwin's study of the structure and systematics of barnacles: work that involved a worldwide search for specimens, detailed microscopic investigations, a consideration of the theoretical assumptions underlying classification schemes, and the solution of practical problems of zoological nomenclature. Darwin's convictions about the nature and origin of species influenced his observations and conclusions and provided insights that led to some remarkable discoveries. Throughout this period Darwin also maintained his involvement in major geological debates, as shown by important exchanges with Charles Lyell, Robert Chambers, James Dwight Dana, Bernhard Studer, and others. The letters to Darwin include Joseph Dalton Hooker's descriptions of his dramatic and frequently dangerous travels through previously closed regions of Sikkim and Tibet.