Charles Darwin in Cambridge

The Most Joyful Years

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Evolution, Other Sciences, History
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Author: John van Wyhe ISBN: 9789814583992
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Publication: May 27, 2014
Imprint: WSPC Language: English
Author: John van Wyhe
ISBN: 9789814583992
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication: May 27, 2014
Imprint: WSPC
Language: English

Charles Darwin's years as a student at the University of Cambridge were some of the most important and formative of his life. Thereafter he always felt a particular affection for Cambridge. For a time he even considered a Cambridge professorship as a career and sent three of his sons there to be educated. Unfortunately the remaining traces of what Darwin actually did and experienced in Cambridge have long remained undiscovered. Consequently his day-to-day life there has remained unknown and misunderstood. This book is based on new research, including newly discovered manuscripts and Darwin publications, and gathers together recollections of those who knew Darwin as a student. This book therefore reveals Darwin's time in Cambridge in unprecedented detail.

Contents:

  • Early Life 1809–1825
  • Edinburgh University 1825–1827
  • Coming Up to Cambridge
  • First Year at Cambridge
  • Second Year at Cambridge
  • Third Year at Cambridge
  • Last Terms at Cambridge
  • Voyage of the Beagle — and Return to Cambridge
  • The Origin of Species and Honorary Cambridge Degree
  • 1909: The First Darwin Centenary in Cambridge
  • 2009: The Second Darwin Centenary in Cambridge
  • Acknowledgements
  • Appendices
  • References
  • Index

Readership: The book is aimed at undergraduate students, Historians and Scientists.
Key Features:

  • No other work covers this pivotal time in Darwin's life in such detail
  • Written by a member of Darwin's own college
  • The book is lavishly illustrated with never before seen contemporary illustrations
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Charles Darwin's years as a student at the University of Cambridge were some of the most important and formative of his life. Thereafter he always felt a particular affection for Cambridge. For a time he even considered a Cambridge professorship as a career and sent three of his sons there to be educated. Unfortunately the remaining traces of what Darwin actually did and experienced in Cambridge have long remained undiscovered. Consequently his day-to-day life there has remained unknown and misunderstood. This book is based on new research, including newly discovered manuscripts and Darwin publications, and gathers together recollections of those who knew Darwin as a student. This book therefore reveals Darwin's time in Cambridge in unprecedented detail.

Contents:

Readership: The book is aimed at undergraduate students, Historians and Scientists.
Key Features:

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