Piesse, Jude

The Ghost in the Garden: in search of Darwin's lost garden

Scribe Publications 2021 336, . 210x148mm. HB. NEW. . The forgotten garden that inspired Charles Darwin becomes the modern-day setting for an exploration of memory, family, and the legacy of genius. Darwin never stopped thinking about the garden at his childhood home, The Mount, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. It was here, under the tutelage of his green-fingered mother and sisters, that he first examined the reproductive life of flowers, collected birds' eggs, and began the experiments that would lead to his theory of evolution.A century and a half later, with one small child in tow and another on the way, Jude Piesse finds herself living next door to this secret garden. Two acres of the original site remain, now resplendent with overgrown ashes, sycamores, and hollies. The carefully tended beds and circular flower garden are buried under suburban housing; the hothouses where the Darwins and their skilful gardeners grew pineapples are long gone.Walking the pathways with her new baby, Piesse starts to discover what impact the garden and the people who tended it had on Darwin's work. Blending biography, nature writing, and memoir, The Ghost in the Garden traces the origins of the theory of evolution and uncovers the lost histories that inspired it, ultimately evoking the interconnectedness of all things.. [9781913348052]

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Book number: N45065

Catalogue: Darwin,Darwin

Keywords: Biography; Charles Darwin; Evolution; Natural History

Quammen, D.

The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution

W.W. Norton 2006 304, . . HB. Vg in d/w. Name and ownership stamp to endpaper.. Evolution, during the early nineteenth century, was an idea in the air. Other thinkers had suggested it, but no one had proposed a cogent explanation for how evolution occurs. Then, in September 1838, a young Englishman named Charles Darwin hit upon the idea that "natural selection" among competing individuals would lead to wondrous adaptations and species diversity. Twenty-one years passed between that epiphany and publication of On the Origin of Species. The human drama and scientific basis of Darwin's twenty-one-year delay constitute a fascinating, tangled tale that elucidates the character of a cautious naturalist who initiated an intellectual revolution. This is a book for everyone who has ever wondered about who this man was and what he said. Drawing from Darwin's secret "transmutation" notebooks and his personal letters, the author has sketched a vivid life portrait of the man whose work never ceases to be controversial.. [9780393059816]

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Book number: S58698

Catalogue: Darwin,Darwin

Romanes, G.J.

Darwin, and After Darwin:An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions

Longmans, Green & Co 1893-1897 xiv, (2), 460 + 24; x, (2), 344 + 24; viii, (2), 182 + 32, 3 portraits, 129 text illus (1 col). . HB. 3 vols, cr. 8vo, orig. publisher's green cloth, gt. One leaf in Vol. II creased; closed marginal tear to half-title of Vol. III. A fine clean set.. Complete set: Vol. I - second edition, Vol. II-III - first editions. I: The Darwinian Theory; II: Post-Darwinian Questions Heredity and Utility; III - Post-Darwinian Questions - Isolation and Physiological Selection. Portraits frontispieces are of Darwin, George John Romanes and John J. Gulick.George John Romanes (1848-1894) was a Canadian-British evolutionary biologist and physiologist, the youngest of Charles Darwin's academic friends. His views on evolution are historically important. He is considered to have invented the term neo-Darwinism, which in the late 19th century was considered as a theory of evolution that focuses on natural selection as the main evolutionary force. Romanes' early death was a loss to the cause of evolutionary biology in Britain..

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Book number: A42552

Catalogue: Darwin,Darwin

Keywords: Darwin; Darwinism; Evolution

Ruse, M.

Darwinism Defended: A Guide to the Evolution Controversies

Addison Wesley 1982 xx, 356, text figs. . PB. Good. Crease to corner of rear cover.. Assesses the theory of evolution from a broad historical and philosophical perspective.. [9780201062731]

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Book number: S23805

Catalogue: Darwin,Darwin

Keywords: C6255; Charles Darwin; Evolution; Religion

Schmidt, O.

The Doctrine of Descent and Darwinism

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner 1884 vi, 334, 26 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. red cloth, black-stamped design to boards, gt + black to spine, rubbing/minor wear to head/foot of spine. Vg.. Sixth edition. International Scientific Series 12. Oscar Schmidt (1823-1886) was a German zoologist and an early champion of Darwinian evolutionary theory..

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Book number: S42044

Catalogue: Darwin,Darwin

Keywords: Dawinism; Descent of man; Evolution

Seward, A.C. (Ed.)

Darwin and Modern Science: Essays in Commemoration of the Centenary of the Birth of Charles Darwin and of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Publication of <i>The Origin of Species</i>

Cambridge University Press 1909 xvii, 595, portrait frontis, 1 col + 3 b/w plates, text figs. . HB. Large-8vo, orig. buckram, teg, spine faded. With bookplate of the Herbert Lister Bowman Library, Laboratory of Mineralogy, University of Oxford.. First edition..

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Book number: S44083

Catalogue: Darwin,Darwin

Sheehan, M.

The Origin of Life The Case For and Against Evolution

M.H.Gill and Son 1952 vi, 34, . . PB. Vg in wrappers.. Edited by Michael J. Troy. This pamphlet is based on two chapters from Sheehan's work, Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine..

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Book number: S46056

Catalogue: Darwin,Darwin

Keywords: Anti-Evolution

Simonsson, T.

Face to Face with Darwinism: A Critical Analysis of the Christian Front in Swedish Discussion of the Later Nineteenth Century

C.W.K. Gleerup 1958 192, . . PB. Some browning and light soiling to covers. Vg.. .

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Book number: S41672

Catalogue: Darwin,Darwin

Keywords: Evolutionary Theory

Smith, K.G.V. (Ed.)

Darwin's Insects: Charles Darwin's Entomological Notes

BM(NH) 1987 143, 19 figs. . PB. Vg. Previous owner's ex libris ink stamp to title page.. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Historical series) Vol. 14 No 1.. [9780565090036]

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Book number: S58697

Catalogue: Darwin,Darwin

Keywords: Charles Darwin; Entomology

Wallace, I. (Ed.)

Leonard Jenyns: Darwin's Lifelong Friend

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution 2005 xi, 372, b/w frontis, b/w photos + figs. 255x180mm. HB. Orig. blue buckram with silver-blocked title panel to front board and silver title lettering to spine, head and tail bands, with silk book mark. Vg. From the library of David R. Nellist, British arachnologist, with his name and ownership stamp to endpaper.. A Victorian Naturalist and his World. The life of the eminent Victorian naturalist Leonard Jenyns was closely entwined with that of his lifelong friend, Charles Darwin. In 1831 Jenyns turned down the opportunity to accompany Captain Fitzroy as the ship’s naturalist on the famous voyage of the Beagle - an opportunity which then fell to the young Darwin with world-changing consequences. After his return Darwin entrusted his old friend - in his words, “the most punctual and faithful of men” - with the onerous task of cataloguing the collection of fishes he brought back on the Beagle. This is not the standard binding which is an illustrated glazed cover. This would appear to be a special binding for subscribers.. [9780954494117]

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Book number: S58700

Catalogue: Darwin,Darwin

Keywords: Darwin; History of Natural History

Ward, H.

Charles Darwin: The Man and His Warfare

John Murray 1927 472, b/w portrait frontis, 26 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, spine slightly faded; title page foxed. Vg.. 1st UK edition..

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Book number: S39535

Catalogue: Darwin,Darwin

Keywords: Biography; Darwin

Winslow, J.H.

Darwin's Victorian Malady: Evidence for its Medically Induced Origin

American Philosophical Society 1971 94, . . PB. Wrappers. Vg.. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 88..

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Book number: S41572

Catalogue: Darwin,Darwin