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Charles Darwin’s voyage on the HMS Beagle is a gripping adventure story, and a turning point in the making of the modern world. Brought together here in chronological order, the letters he wrote and received during his trip provide a first-hand account of a voyage of discovery that was as much personal as intellectual.

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Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary

Charles Darwin, Edited by R. D. Keynes

Here is a fascinating record of one of the most famous journeys ever made. This work constitutes an accurate historical document as well as an evocative travelog that conveys Charles Darwin's personal account of the voyage with freshness and immediacy.

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Charles Darwin's Notebooks from the Voyage of the Beagle

Edited by Gordon Chancellor

This is the first full edition of the notebooks used by Darwin during his epic voyage in the Beagle. It contains transcriptions of all fifteen notebooks, which now survive as some of the most precious documents in the history of science.

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Charles Darwin's Shorter Publications, 1829–1883

John van Wyhe

Charles Darwin’s words first appeared in print as a student at Christ’s College, Cambridge in 1829, and in almost every subsequent year of his life he published essays, articles, letters to editors, or other brief works.

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Charles Darwin's Zoology Notes & Specimen Lists from H. M. S. Beagle

Charles Darwin, Edited by Richard Keynes

This transcription of notes made by Charles Darwin during the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle records his observations of the animals and plants that he encountered, and provides a valuable insight into the intellectual development of one of our most influential scientists.

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Charles Darwin: The Beagle Letters

Edited by Frederick Burkhardt

Charles Darwin’s voyage on the HMS Beagle is a gripping adventure story, and a turning point in the making of the modern world.

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Darwin's Fishes

Daniel Pauly

Presenting everything Charles Darwin ever wrote about fishes and many more topics, the entries in this encyclopedia are arranged alphabetically and extracted from Darwin's books, short publications, notebooks and correspondence.

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Darwin's Mentor

S. M. Walters, E. A. Stow, Foreword by Patrick Bateson

John Stevens Henslow is known for his formative influence on Charles Darwin, who described their meeting as the one circumstance "which influenced my career more than any other."

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The Discovery of Evolution

David Young

The Discovery of Evolution explains what the theory of evolution is all about by providing a historical narrative of discovery.

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Evolution

Edited by Frederick Burkhardt, Alison M. Pearn, Samantha Evans

Charles Darwin is a towering figure in the history of science, who changed the direction of modern thought by establishing the basis of evolutionary biology.

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Evolutionary Game Theory, Natural Selection, and Darwinian Dynamics

Thomas L. Vincent, Joel S. Brown

The evolutionary game theory developed in this book provides the tools necessary for understanding many of nature’s mysteries, including co-evolution, speciation, extinction and the major biological questions regarding fit of form and function, diversity, procession, and the distribution and abundance of life.

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Origins

Edited by Frederick Burkhardt

Charles Darwin changed the direction of modern thought by establishing the basis of evolutionary biology. This fascinating selection of letters, offers a glimpse of his daily experiences, scientific observations, personal concerns and friendships.

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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin 8 Vol Anniversary Set

On the Origin of Species is one of the great revolutionary books in history; and the best source for understanding it is Charles Darwin’s correspondence. These eight award-winning volumes, reprinted for the first time in paperback, present the definitive text of all known letters to and from Darwin during the first half-century of his remarkable life, including the Beagle voyage and the great public debates on his evolutionary theory.

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The Development of Darwin's Theory

Dov Ospovat

Dov Ospovat's book, originally published in 1981, has become generally accepted as one of the most influential books about Darwin published in recent years.

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