Collecting evolution
Subtitle: the Galápagos expedition that vindicated Darwin
By: Matthew J. James
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780199354597
Subjects: Scientific expeditions; Evolution (Biology); Research; California Academy of Sciences; Natural history; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Halfway to the stars; title: 2. Walking in Darwin's footsteps; title: 3. Setting sail from San Francisco; title: 4. Before it is too late; title: 5. Collecting evolution; title: 6. Galápagos at last; title: 7. Confluence : where geography and ideas meet; title: 8. On death, and life, in Galápagos; title: 9. Down to the sea in ships : ship's log, 1905; title: 10. Rising from the ashes; title: 11. Ship's log, 1906; title: 12. That sinking feeling; title: 13. Darwin's islands meet the plant wizard of Santa Rosa; title: 14. The voyage home : ship's log; title: 15. Vindicating Darwin; title: Epilogue: Legacy : recent use of California Academy of Sciences specimens; title: Chronology of the 1905-1906 Galápagos Expedition.