Charles Darwin: A New LifeW. W. Norton & Company, 1992 - Всего страниц: 511 "A vivid and engrossing account of Darwin's inner life and his search for the laws of life. We feel the durable texture of his friendships and family attachments, and we witness the slow, painful genesis of ideas that are still transforming the world." --Geoffrey Cowley, New York Times Book Review |
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Prologue | 1 |
Erasmus Darwin and | 15 |
Parents to genius | 38 |
A tragic loss a formidable presence | 53 |
A vulnerable personality | 72 |
Science and natural history at Edinburgh 18251827 | 80 |
Sport beetles and philosophy at Cambridge 18281831 | 94 |
A great and uncommon opportunity 1831 | 109 |
18 | 255 |
Grief never wholly obliterated 18501853 | 291 |
Everlasting barnacles a rising star and a dark horse | 306 |
21 | 323 |
My abominable volume 18581859 | 333 |
Awful battles and staunch friends 18601862 | 352 |
24 | 359 |
An odious spectre 18681871 | 393 |
Opportunity seized 18321834 | 129 |
A troubled spirit 18321834 | 152 |
A voyage grievously too long 18341836 | 159 |
Geology carries the day 18321836 | 177 |
From prospective parson to aspiring scientist 18321836 | 194 |
Three fertile years 18371839 | 205 |
17 | 231 |
27 | 421 |
Last years 18781882 | 428 |
Epilogue | 443 |
Darwins illhealth in the light of current research | 457 |
Whos | 489 |
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