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Erasmus Darwin - A New Biography of the Great Scientific and Literary Genius of the 18th Century
by Desmond King-Hele
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Scribners, 1963-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Hardcover. Library stamps and markings. Shelf wear. Binding slightly cocked. <br> Erasmus Darwin, Charles Darwin's grandfather, was the first Briton to explicitly write about evolution. His main prose on the topic appears in the first volume of Zoonomia. Erasmus Darwin discusses the descent of life from a common ancestor, sexual selection, the analogy of artificial selection as a means to understand descent with modification, and a basic concept of what we now refer to as homology. His thoughts on the diversity of life and evolution also appear in the Loves of the Plants (first published in two parts in 1789 and 1791) and his last work, The Temple of Nature, published posthumously in 1803. By the end of his life, he was being viscously attacked by conservative forces in the British government, and as such, lampooned in political cartoons.
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- Title
- Erasmus Darwin - A New Biography of the Great Scientific and Literary Genius of the 18th Century
- Author
- Desmond King-Hele
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- Publisher
- Scribners
- Date Published
- 1963-01-01
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