Archivio completo delle opere di Charles Darwin liberamente disponibile sul web
The largest collection of Darwin's writings ever assembled! così recita il sottotitolo dell'immenso database ora disponibile ai ricercatori, studiosi e semplici curiosi.
Grazie alla collaborazione dell'Università di Cambridge, del Charles Darwin Trust e di altri gruppi ora possiamo cercare, sfogliare, stampare una miriade di documenti, testi o immagini (oltre 50.000 testi e 40.000 immagini). Il 50% di quanto sarà disponibile entro il 2009, data di completamento dell' archivio online.
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Lasciamo parlare ancora i curatori dell'archivio:
......the most comprehensive Darwin bibliography ever published and the largest manuscript catalogue ever assembled. More than 150 ancillary texts are also included, ranging from secondary reference works to contemporary reviews, obituaries, published descriptions of Darwin's Beagle specimens and important related works for understanding Darwin's context....
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Most of the editions provided here appear online for the first time such as the first editions of Journal of Researches [or Voyage of the Beagle] (1839), The descent of Man (1871), The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle (1838-43) and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th editions of the Origin of Species. There are also many newly transcribed and never before published manuscripts such as Darwin's Beagle field notebooks. Also appearing for the first time online are complete images of Darwin's early notebooks on geology, transmutation of species and metaphysical enquiries. Many of the scanned books provided here belonged to Darwin's family or are signed by him. See for example The life of Erasmus Darwin (1879), Coral reefs (1842) or Variation (1868).
A tutti gli utenti, buona navigazione!!!!!!
Paolo Coccia
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