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The Complete Work of Charles Darwin
Never  before have Charles Darwin's writings been pulled together like this. Never before have you been able to search the entire body of his work, contrast facsimiles and text, and examine every aspect of each publication down to its spine and end pages. It's almost an embarrassment of riches—and the University of Cambridge rightly boasts that "it's as close to holding the book in your hand as the Internet can be." For most of us, though, the joy in this archive will come from the unexpected details that surface about the famous Mr. Darwin. For instance, "a life in pictures" reveals images of the gentleman naturalist as a young boy and the path he paced while thinking. The obituaries from the time of his death, poetic snatches from his excursion notebooks, and the many zoological illustrations enrich our view not just of "On the Origin of Species," but of the origins of its author, as well. (in Biology) |
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