Further Reading - Lecture 2: Darwin's View of Life

For general background on the life of Charles Darwin;

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The Darwinian revolution : science red in tooth and claw

Author: Ruse, Michael. Type: Book ISBN: 0226731693 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Place of

Publication: Chicago, Ill. ; Publication Date: 1999 Edition: Second edition. Student note: For general

background, esp. on pre-Darwinian transmutation theories see the books by Ruse, Bowler and Depew & Weber

cited above: same chapters, plus chapters on Darwin). esp. read chapters 1-5. Available At: Laidlaw Library

Level 2 History of Science G-4 RUS

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Evolution : the history of an idea

Author: Bowler, Peter J. Type: Book Restriction on Access Note: (ukleu)b36246207-44lee_inst Publisher:

University of California Press Place of Publication: Berkeley Publication Date: 2003 - 2003 Edition: Third

edition, completely revised and expanded. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-449). Student

note: For general background, esp. on pre-Darwinian transmutation theories see the books by Ruse, Bowler and

Depew & Weber cited above: same chapters, plus chapters on Darwin).

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Darwinism evolving : systems dynamics and the genealogy of natural selection

Author: Depew, David J. Type: Book ISBN: 0262540835 Publisher: MIT Press Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass Publication Date: 1996 Student note: For general background, esp. on pre-Darwinian

transmutation theories see the books by Ruse, Bowler and Depew & Weber cited above: same chapters, plus

chapters on Darwin). Read esp. chapters 2 and 4. Available At: Laidlaw Library Level 2 History of Science G-4

DEP

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Introduction

Author: Hodge, M. J. S. (Michael Jonathan Sessions), 1940- Type: Book Chapter Chapter Author: Hodge, J.,
Radick, G. Book Title: The Cambridge companion to Darwin Book Author: Hodge, M. J. S. (Michael Jonathan

Sessions), 1940- Chapter Number: Introduction ISBN: 9781139002370 Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Place of Publication: Cambridge, UK ; Publication Date: 2009 Edition: Second edition. Student note: For

general background, esp. on pre-Darwinian transmutation theories

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Darwin

Author: Desmond, Adrian (Adrian J.), 1947- Additional Person Name: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.; Moore,

James R. (James Richard), 1947- Type: Book ISBN: 0140131922 Restriction on Access Note:

(ukleu)b21573852-44lee_inst Publisher: Penguin Books Place of Publication: London Publication Date: 1992

- 1991 Notes: Includes bibliography and index. Student note: There are lots of good biographies of Darwin. The

best are Adrian Desmond and James Moore, 'Darwin' emphasizing the social context. Available At: Edward Boyle

Library Level 11 History of Science C-9 DAR/D; Laidlaw Library Level 2 History of Science C-9 DAR/D

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Charles Darwin : a biography

Author: Browne, E. J. (E. Janet), 1950- Type: Book ISBN: 0691114390 LCCN: 95053319 Restriction on

Access Note: (ukleu)b2245133x-44lee_inst Publisher: Princeton University Press Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J Publication Date: 1995 Notes: Includes bibliographical references (volume 1, pages [571]-591)

and index. Student note: There are lots of good biographies of Darwin. The best are Janet Browne, 'Charles

Darwin : a biography' [up to Origin] emphasizing the family context. Available At: Laidlaw Library Level 2 History

of Science C-9 DAR/B

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Charles Darwin. V.2, The power of place

Author: Browne, E. J. (E. Janet), 1950- Type: Book ISBN: 0224042122 Restriction on Access Note:

(ukleu)b22456776-44lee_inst Publisher: Jonathan Cape Place of Publication: London Publication Date: 2002

Notes: Bibliography. Student note: There are lots of good biographies of Darwin. The best are Janet Browne,

'Charles Darwin. v.2, The power of place' emphasizing the family context Available At: Edward Boyle Library

Level 11 General Biology A-9 DAR/B

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Evolution : the remarkable history of a scientific theory

Author: Larson, Edward J. (Edward John) Type: Book ISBN: 0679642889 Publisher: Modern Library Place of

Publication: New York Publication Date: 2004 Student note: For a good nutshell treatment, see Chapter 3 of

Edward J. Larson, Evolution : the remarkable history of a scientific theory (New York: Modern Library, 2004)

Available At: Laidlaw Library Level 2 History of Science G-4 LAR; Edward Boyle Library Level 11 History of

Science G-4 LAR

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The Cambridge companion to Darwin

Author: Hodge, M. J. S. (Michael Jonathan Sessions), 1940- Type: Book ISBN: 9781139002370 Publisher:

Cambridge University Press Place of Publication: Cambridge, UK ; Publication Date: 2009 Edition: Second

edition. Student note: For accessible surveys of recent scholarship on Darwin's early life, how he arrived at his

views on species, what those views were, and how they fitted in with Darwin's wider context, see, respectively, the

chapters by Phillip Sloan, Jonathan Hodge, Kenneth Waters and Gregory Radick in 'The Cambridge companion to

Darwin', ed. by Jonathan Hodge and Gregory Radick.

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Chapter 24 - 'Origins and Species Before and After Darwin'

Author: Olby, Robert, 1933- Type: Book Chapter Chapter Author: Hodge, J.S. Book Title: Companion to the

history of modern science Book Author: Olby, Robert, 1933- Chapter Number: 24 Publisher: Routledge Place

of Publication: London Publication Date: 1990 Pages: 374-395 Editor: C, R. Student note: Superb but

demanding analyses of Darwin's theorizing can be found in M. J. S. Hodge, "Origins and Species Before and After

Darwin", in Companion to the history of modern science, ed. by R. C. Olby et al.

Link (contentstore.cla.co.uk)

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The development of Darwin's theory : natural history, natural theology, and natural

selection, 1838-1859

Author: Ospovat, Dov Type: Book ISBN: 0521469406 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Place of

Publication: Cambridge Publication Date: 1995 Available At: Laidlaw Library Level 2 History of Science C-9

DAR

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Charles Darwin's letters : a selection, 1825-1859

Author: Darwin, Charles Type: Book ISBN: 0521562120 Publisher: University of Cambridge Place of

Publication: Cambridge Publication Date: 1996 Student note: You can read a sample of Darwin's letters up to

1859 in Frederick Burkhardt, ed., 'Charles Darwin's letters : a selection, 1825-1859' Available At: Edward Boyle

Library Level 11 History of Science C-9 DAR

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The origin of species

Author: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882, author. Additional Person Name: Beer, Gillian, editor. Type: Book ISBN:

0585110891 Restriction on Access Note: (ckb)111000211155114 Publisher: Oxford University Press Place of

Publication: Oxford Publication Date: 1996 Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Student

note: Editions of the Origin of Species are plentiful in the library and also on the web.

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Darwin Online

Author: Van Wyde, J. Type: Website Publisher: Arts and Humanities Research Council Publication Date: 2006

Student note: There is a huge amount of valuable information on Darwin and his works, including full text of

many of them and illustrations.

Link (darwin-online.org.uk)

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Introduction in 'The Cambridge Companion to Darwin'

Author: Hodge, M. J. Type: Book Chapter Chapter Author: Hodge, M. J. Book Title: The Cambridge companion

to Darwin Book Author: Hodge, M. J. Chapter Number: Introduction ISBN: 9781139002370 Publisher:

Cambridge University Press Place of Publication: Cambridge, UK ; Publication Date: 2009 Pages: 3-7 Edition:

Second edition. Student note: For a helpful guide to reading the crucial first four chapters of the Origin, see The

Cambridge companion to Darwin, Introduction.

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