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‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 23 • 1875’

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 23 • 1875’

Revising ‘The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants’ • Writing ‘Insectivorous Plants’ • Beginning research on ‘The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom’ • Getting involved in the vivisection debate • The death of Charles Lyell

Published 16-Jun-2024
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Science Tags: charles darwin, reviews
‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 22 • 1874’

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 22 • 1874’

Revising ‘Coral Reefs’ and ‘The Descent of Man’, continuing work on insectivorous plants, and a second dispute with St George Jackson Mivart.

Published 20-May-2024
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Science Tags: charles darwin, reviews
‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 21 • 1873’

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 21 • 1873’

Back to botany.

Published 29-Mar-2024
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Science Tags: charles darwin, reviews
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 20 • 1872

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 20 • 1872’

Publication of the final edition of ‘The Origin of Species’, and of ‘The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals’.

Published 27-Feb-2024
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Science Tags: charles darwin, reviews
‘The Notebook’ by Roland Allen

Book review: ‘The Notebook’ by Roland Allen

A history of thinking on paper.

Published 04-Feb-2024
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture, History Tags: reviews
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 19 • 1871

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 19 • 1871’

A busy year for Darwin: ‘The Descent of Man’ published, with another book on the way, and the final edition of ‘The Origin of Species’.

Published 25-Jan-2024
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Science Tags: charles darwin, reviews
‘Napoleon’ by David A Bell

Book review: ‘Napoleon’ by David A. Bell

A short introduction.

Published 17-Dec-2023
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History Tags: reviews
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 18 • 1870

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 18 • 1870’

Putting the finishing touches to ‘The Descent of Man’.

Published 17-Dec-2023
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Science Tags: charles darwin, reviews
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 17 • 1869

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 17 • 1869’

Researching human evolution, human and animal emotions, and sexual selection.

Published 07-Nov-2023
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Science Tags: charles darwin, reviews
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 16, part II • July–December 1867

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 16, part 2 • 1868’

Researching human evolution and expressions, and revising ‘On the Origin of Species’.

Published 27-Sep-2023
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Science Tags: charles darwin, reviews

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