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Darwin in Ilkley
9,99 € |
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Verlag: | The History Press |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 07.09.2009 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9780750952668 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 128 |
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Beschreibungen
When the Origins of Species was published on 24 November 1859, its author, Charles Darwin, was near the end of a nine-week stay in the remote Yorkshire village of Ilkley. He had come for the 'water cure'- a regime of cold baths and wet sheets - and for relaxation. But he used his time in Ilkley to shore up support, through extensive correspondence, for the extraordinary theory that the Origin would put before the world: evolution by natural selection. In Darwin in Ilkley, Mike Dixon and Gregory Radick bring to life Victorian Ilkley and the dramas of body and mind that marked Darwin's visit.