Hewett Cottrell Watson

Hewett Cottrell Watson
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : 9781351756778
ISBN-13 : 135175677X
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Synopsis Hewett Cottrell Watson by : Frank N. Egerton

This title was first published in 2003. Hewett Cottrell Watson was a pioneer in a new science not yet defined in Victorian times - ecology - and was practically the first naturalist to conduct research on plant evolution, beginning in 1834. His achievement in British science is commemorated by the fact that the Botanical Society of the British Isles named its journal after him - Watsonia - but of greater significance to the history of science is his contribution to the development of Darwin’s theory of evolution. The correspondence between Watson and Darwin, analysed for the first time in this book, reveals the extent to which Darwin profited from Watson’s data. Darwin’s subsequent fame, however, is one of the reasons why Watson became almost forgotten. At the same time, Watson can be called a classic Victorian eccentric, and his other ambition, in addition to promoting and organizing British botany, was to carry forward the cause of phrenology. Indeed, he was a more daring theoretician in phrenology than ever he was in botany, but in the end he abandoned it, not being able to raise phrenology to the level of an accepted science. This biography traces both the influences and characteristics that shaped Watson’s outlook and personality, and indeed his science, and the institutional contexts within which he worked. At the same time, it makes evident the extent of his real contributions to the science of plant ecology and evolution.

Testimonials in Favour of H. C. Watson, as a candidate for a chair of botany in Ireland. [With the prospectus of a forthcoming work by H. C. Watson “Cybele britannica.”]

Testimonials in Favour of H. C. Watson, as a candidate for a chair of botany in Ireland. [With the prospectus of a forthcoming work by H. C. Watson “Cybele britannica.”]
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Total Pages : 58
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ISBN-10 : BL:A0024065817
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Synopsis Testimonials in Favour of H. C. Watson, as a candidate for a chair of botany in Ireland. [With the prospectus of a forthcoming work by H. C. Watson “Cybele britannica.”] by : Hewett Cottrell WATSON

Flora of Cornwall

Flora of Cornwall
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Total Pages : 686
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015069772864
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Synopsis Flora of Cornwall by : Frederick Hamilton Davey

What about Darwin?

What about Darwin?
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 554
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ISBN-10 : 9780801897528
ISBN-13 : 0801897521
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Synopsis What about Darwin? by : Thomas F. Glick

2010 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine Charles Darwin and his revolutionary ideas inspired pundits the world over to put pen to paper. In this unique dictionary of quotations, Darwin scholar Thomas Glick presents fascinating observations about Darwin and his ideas from such notable figures as P. T. Barnum, Anton Chekhov, Mahatma Gandhi, Carl Jung, Martin Luther King, Mao Tse-tung, Pius IX, Jules Verne, and Virginia Woolf. What was it about Darwin that generated such widespread interest? His Origin of Species changed the world. Naturalists, clerics, politicians, novelists, poets, musicians, economists, and philosophers alike could not help but engage his theory of evolution. Whatever their view of his theory, however, those who met Darwin were unfailingly charmed by his modesty, kindness, honesty, and seriousness of purpose. This diverse collection drawn from essays, letters, novels, short stories, plays, poetry, speeches, and parodies demonstrates how Darwin’s ideas permeated all areas of thought. The quotations trace a broad conversation about Darwin across great distances of time and space, revealing his profound influence on the great thinkers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The Naturalist

The Naturalist
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Total Pages : 786
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044106377195
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The Flora of Cheshire

The Flora of Cheshire
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Total Pages : 530
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B4314656
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Synopsis The Flora of Cheshire by : John Byrne Leicester Warren (Baron de Tabley)

Catalogue of Books

Catalogue of Books
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Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : SRLF:A0008884769
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Synopsis Catalogue of Books by : Wigan (England). Free Public Library. Reference Dept