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Pre-Owned Cambridge Library Co...The geological writings of Hugh Miller (1802-56) did much to publicise this re... The geological writings of Hugh Miller (1802-56) did much to publicise this relatively new science. After an early career in banking in Scotland Miller became editor of a newly founded Edinburgh newspaper The Witness in which he published a series... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...The geological writings of Hugh Miller (1802-56) did much to publicise this re... The geological writings of Hugh Miller (1802-56) did much to publicise this relatively new science. After an early career in banking in Scotland Miller became editor of a newly founded Edinburgh newspaper The Witness in which he published a series... more
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Pre-Owned Cambridge Library Co...For those engaged in research on Darwin or his circle the Darwin Library is an... For those engaged in research on Darwin or his circle the Darwin Library is an invaluable resource. Originally donated by Darwin s son Francis to the library of the Botany School and now deposited in Cambridge University Library it contains... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...The development of Charles Darwin s views on evolution by natural selection ha... The development of Charles Darwin s views on evolution by natural selection has fascinated biologists since the 1859 publication of his landmark text On The Origin of Species. His experiences observations and reflections during and after his pivotal... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-95) became known as Darwin s bulldog because of his ... Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-95) became known as Darwin s bulldog because of his forceful and energetic support for Darwin s theory especially at the notorious British Association meeting in Oxford in 1860. In fact Huxley had some reservations about... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-95) became known as Darwin s bulldog because of his ... Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-95) became known as Darwin s bulldog because of his forceful and energetic support for Darwin s theory most famously at the legendary British Association meeting in Oxford in 1860. In fact Huxley had some reservations about... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...Even before Charles Darwin changed the world with his theory of natural select... Even before Charles Darwin changed the world with his theory of natural selection he was recognised as an eminent scientist and natural historian. Published in 1840 his Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...Darwin s impetus for the experiments of which the results are recorded in this... Darwin s impetus for the experiments of which the results are recorded in this book was a mere accidental observation; and indeed it required the accident to be repeated before my attention was thoroughly aroused to the remarkable fact that... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...William Bateson (1861-1926) began his academic career working on variation in ... William Bateson (1861-1926) began his academic career working on variation in animals in the light of evolutionary theory. He was inspired by the rediscovery of Gregor Mendel s work on plant hybridisation to pursue further experimental work in what... more
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Pre-Owned Cambridge Library Co...Darwin had long been fascinated by insectivorous plants from the native Britis... Darwin had long been fascinated by insectivorous plants from the native British sundews and bladderworts to the exotic pinguiculas and nepenthes which he encountered during the Beagle voyage. Growing in environments low in soil nutrients their... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...William Bateson claimed at the Darwin Centenary in 1909 that Samuel Butler (18... William Bateson claimed at the Darwin Centenary in 1909 that Samuel Butler (1835-1902) was the most brilliant and by far the most interesting of Darwin s opponents whose works are at length emerging from oblivion. Best remembered today as the author... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...John Wesley Judd (1840-1916) had a distinguished career serving as both Presid... John Wesley Judd (1840-1916) had a distinguished career serving as both President of the Geological Society and Dean of the Royal College of Science. Before his retirement as Professor of Geology from Imperial College he wrote this concise and... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...During his famous Beagle voyage Darwin collected rocks fossils and other geolo... During his famous Beagle voyage Darwin collected rocks fossils and other geological specimens. No previous geologist had amassed such a detailed set of data. He identified raised beaches and remains of marine organisms high above the sea... more
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Pre-Owned Cambridge Library Co...Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) is remembered not only as the grandfather of Charle... Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) is remembered not only as the grandfather of Charles but as a pioneering scientist in his own right. A friend and correspondent of Josiah Wedgwood Joseph Priestley and Matthew Boulton he practised medicine in Lichfield but... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...This book published in 1881 was the result of many years of experimentation an... This book published in 1881 was the result of many years of experimentation and observation by Darwin in the open-air laboratory of his garden at Down House in Kent. As he wrote in his introduction the subject of soil disturbance by worms may appear... more
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