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Collecting evolution : the Galápagos expedition that vindicated Darwin
- Title
- Collecting evolution : the Galápagos expedition that vindicated Darwin / Matthew J. James.
- Author
- James, Matthew J.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QH11 .J36 2017 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xix, 284 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Subject
- California Academy of Sciences > History
- California Academy of Sciences
- 1900-1999
- Scientific expeditions > Galapagos Islands > History > 20th century
- Natural history > Galapagos Islands
- Evolution (Biology) > History > 20th century
- Evolution (Biology) > Research
- Natural history
- Scientific expeditions
- Galapagos Islands
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Halfway to the stars -- 2. Walking in Darwin's footsteps -- 3. Setting sail from San Francisco -- 4. Before it is too late -- 5. Collecting evolution -- 6. Galápagos at last -- 7. Confluence : where geography and ideas meet -- 8. On death, and life, in Galápagos -- 9. Down to the sea in ships : ship's log, 1905 -- 10. Rising from the ashes -- 11. Ship's log, 1906 -- 12. That sinking feeling -- 13. Darwin's islands meet the plant wizard of Santa Rosa -- 14. The voyage home : ship's log -- 15. Vindicating Darwin -- Epilogue: Legacy : recent use of California Academy of Sciences specimens -- Chronology of the 1905-1906 Galápagos Expedition.
- ISBN
- 9780199354597
- 0199354596
- LCCN
- 2016035616
- OCLC
- ocn959034128
- 959034128
- SCSB-5888548
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries