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Darwin’s student booklist
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In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
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- … where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already …
- … congenial. In October 1826 Charles returned to Edinburgh for a second year, this time without …
- … at Edinburgh, and saw two very bad operations, one on a child, but I rushed away before they were …
- … days of chloroform. The two cases fairly haunted me for many a long year. ( Autobiography …
- … and in January 1828 he went up to Cambridge to read for a degree that would enable him to be …
- … to date precisely. Darwin mentions reading Granby in a letter to his sister dated 29 January …
- … January 1826! However, Granby follows Cuvier: Darwin’s own copy of this is the fifth edition of …
- … having returned to Edinburgh in the autumn of 1826, he made a list of some books he had been reading …
- … in 1825. Some of the books are suitable reading for a medical student: John Abernethy was a …
- … chemistry in 1801. Other books illustrate Darwin’s wider scientific interests, and also …
- … Two titles are closely connected with Darwin’s family. Zoonomia was written by Darwin’s …
- … was not well received by his descendants, including Darwin’s father, when it was first published in …
- … Southey in 1807. Finally there are three novels, Almack’s , Granby and Brambletye House. …
- … good, & I hope you will send one of your most severe one’s.— What an entertaining book Granby is …
- … Oxide? (DAR 19: 3–4) Darwin’s student booklist - the text Books that I …
- … CD described Lister 1826 as an ‘entertaining book’ (see letter to S. E. Darwin, 29 January [1826] …
- … and belles letters . 4th edition. 3 vols. London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell; Edinburgh: W. Creech. …
Was Darwin an ecologist?
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One of the most fascinating aspects of Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the extent to which the experiments he performed at his home in Down, in the English county of Kent, seem to prefigure modern scientific work in ecology.
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- … I gave two seeds to a confounded old cock, but his gizzard ground them up; at least I cd. not find …
- … merely by birds accidentally dropping them. The case is a sore puzzle to me.— Charles …
- … One of the most fascinating aspects of Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the extent to which the …
- … ecology. Despite the difference in language between Darwin’s letter and the modern scientific paper …
- … the activities of earthworms; the mix of species in a plot of grass; pollination. Was Darwin, then, …
- … far from straightforward. As we shall see, though Darwin’s work was pivotal – and in more ways than …
- … from the ones we tend to take for granted today. Ecology as a discipline did not then exist: even …
- … well enough established in universities that Darwin’s ‘held together with a piece of string’ …
- … explained’ (quoted in Chadarevian 1996, pp. 17–18). As a gentleman amateur, observing his …
- … organisms over time – were highly innovative. Darwin’s own experiments challenged the old, purely …
- … and at the same time also challenged the notion that only a laboratory could serve as the place in …
- … tradition in the field. Modern ecology A great deal is wrapped up in our modern idea …
- … which draws on the other three strands just mentioned, is a broadly based political movement which …
- … texts of the ecological movement, such as Rachel Carson’s Silent spring, often draw on science, …
- … it is an idea – or set of ideas – with many roots, and a correspondingly complex history. …
- … some of his correspondents complained mildly about Haeckel’s propensity for making up words, but did …
- … daresay very well, & for coining new words.’ See the letter The word first appeared …
- … for atheism, but as Darwin himself acknowledged in a letter to Mary Boole, it was more satisfactory …
- … as a result of the direct intervention of God. See the letter We may contrast Darwin’s …
- … sucks it, must have! It is a very pretty case.’ See the letter Darwin was confident …
- … nature as she really is.’ It seems from Haeckel’s letter that what most struck him about …
- … of his great discovery is by contrast extremely modest. In a letter written in 1864 and …
- … George Douglas. 1867. The reign of law. London: Alexander Strahan. Haeckel, Ernst. German …
Sexual selection
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Although natural selection could explain the differences between species, Darwin realised that (other than in the reproductive organs themselves) it could not explain the often marked differences between the males and females of the same species. So what…
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- … proposed that these characteristics were the result of a secondary mechanism operating alongside …
- … on overall ‘vigour’ – weapons such as the horns on a stag or the spurs on a cock. Sexual selection, …
- … grown so large that they hindered rather than helped in a fight? In addition to natural weapons, …
- … the evidence for the operation of sexual selection with a small group of friends, and in particular …
- … acquired their dull coloration through natural selection as a protection when nesting. The …
- … in humans . Gathering data Meanwhile, a number of correspondents, inspired by reading …
- … in 1867, that he systematically sought more information for a planned chapter on the subject. His …
- … sex. The response was so good that Darwin’s portfolio of material grew too large for a …
- … in 1871. The sight of a feather in a peacock’s tail, whenever I gaze on it, makes me sick! …
- … later quoted at length in Descent . Darwin (whose letter to Brent is missing) seems to …
- … him for some time: 'The sight of a feather in a peacock’s tail,' he exclaimed to Asa Gray …
- … up with questions of beauty in nature, used by Darwin’s opponents, such as George Douglas Campbell, …
- … gave it as his opinion that the spreading of the peacock's tail was a 'sexual ask' to …
- … to believe that sexual selection had formed the peacock's tail but, believing it, he believed …
- … [1862] ) In 1869, Darwin encouraged John Beddoe 's research into the apparent spread …
Beauty and the seed
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One of the real pleasures afforded in reading Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the discovery of areas of research on which he never published, but which interested him deeply. We can gain many insights about Darwin’s research methods by following these …
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- … of the real pleasures afforded in reading Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the discovery of areas …
- … him deeply. We can gain many insights about Darwin’s research methods by following these ‘letter …
- … no better in the battle of life than spangles of the ruby. A crest of flame does not enable a …
- … repair. Reign of Law, p. 231. Campbell’s was only the latest statement of a common …
- … the view of beautiful objects having been created for man’s gratification, it ought to be shown that …
- … be admitted by every one. But this beauty serves merely as a guide to birds and beasts, that the …
- … in every instance that seeds, which are embedded within a fruit of any kind, that is within a fleshy …
- … Towards the end of September 1866 Darwin received a letter from Fritz Müller, a German naturalist …
- … had begun to correspond with Darwin only a year earlier. The letter is now incomplete; Darwin had …
- … composite of letter from Müller to Darwin, 2 Aug 1866, in Darwin’s experimental notebook"," …
- … birds. I rec d some seeds the day after receiving your letter; & I must own that the fleshy …
- … C. R. to Müller, J. F. T., 25 Sept [1866] This letter must have crossed in the post with a …
- … with brilliant red pearls. By the time he received Darwin’s letter he had found yet more examples …
- … of the difficulties. Darwin picked up on Müller’s suggestion and tried the experiment himself …
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
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Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
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- … Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The …
- … to correct proofs, and just when completion seemed imminent, a further couple of months were needed …
- … oversized two-volume Variation and instead write a short (as he then expected) ‘Essay on Man’. …
- … selection in forming human races, and there was also to be a chapter on the meaning and cause of the …
- … ), published in 1871, and the chapter on expression into a book, The expression of the emotions in …
- … for decades, it was only now that he began to work with a view to publishing his observations. …
- … replies from different corners of the world. Darwin’s work was now guaranteed to arouse …
- … Darwin corrected them. Closer to home, two important works, a book by the duke of Argyll, and an …
- … Fleeming Jenkin, challenged different aspects of Darwin’s theory of transmutation as elucidated in …
- … self-sterility, pollination, and seed dispersal with a growing network of correspondents who worked …
- … atmosphere that he so much needed in what was becoming a highly combative and emotional arena. …
- … under Domestication’. Having just received the printer’s estimate of the size of the two-volume work …
- … suppose abuse is as good as praise for selling a Book’ ( letter to John Murray, 31 January [1867] …
- … to the printer, but without the additional chapter. In a letter written on 8 February [1867] to …
- … books, Descent and Expression . In the same letter, Darwin revealed the conclusion to his …
- … the year progressed, the book continued to consume Darwin’s time. The first proof-sheets arrived on …
- … variation of animals and plants under domestication . In a letter to his son William dated 27 …
- … recommended by Carl Vogt and had translated Vogt’s own Vorlesungen über den Menschen (Lectures …
- … of his brother’s embryological papers with his first letter to Darwin of 15 March 1867 , although …
- … . Indeed, he told his publisher, John Murray, in a letter of 4 April [1867] , not to send …
- … tell me, at what rate your work will be published’ ( letter from J. V. Carus, 5 April 1867 ). This …
- … & sent to him, he may wish to give up the task’ ( letter to Carl Vogt, 12 April [1867] ). …
- … fit person’ to introduce the work to the German public ( letter from J. V. Carus, 15 April 1867 ). …
- … Vogt should translate my book in preference to you’ ( letter to J. V. Carus, 18 April [1867] ). …
