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swan_tower) wrote2011-04-05 01:29 pm
swan_tower) wrote2011-04-05 01:29 pm
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Natural History research
So, I mentioned before that I have a new series.
It will surprise nobody who's been around for the Onyx Court books that I intend to do a bit of research. :-)
NOT AS MUCH AS BEFORE. (Thank god.) But there are some things I want to read about, to get some good material for compost into my head, so this is the first of a couple of posts asking for recommendations.
The first topic up is, of course, the discipline of natural history. Can anybody recommend a good biography of Darwin, something that focuses on the fieldwork end of things? His education, the voyage of the Beagle, that kind of thing; I'm less concerned with what happened after he published his theories. Or books on other natural historians, or the development of the field. I've got a few things to read already, but knowing the internets, it's entirely possible that somebody reading this post has a random love for the topic of nineteenth-century natural history, and knows exactly what I ought to be reading to understand it. If that's you -- or if it isn't, but you know a couple of things you'd recommend -- speak up in the comments.
If you're not familiar with this topic at all, stay tuned; there will be other requests to come.
It will surprise nobody who's been around for the Onyx Court books that I intend to do a bit of research. :-)
NOT AS MUCH AS BEFORE. (Thank god.) But there are some things I want to read about, to get some good material for compost into my head, so this is the first of a couple of posts asking for recommendations.
The first topic up is, of course, the discipline of natural history. Can anybody recommend a good biography of Darwin, something that focuses on the fieldwork end of things? His education, the voyage of the Beagle, that kind of thing; I'm less concerned with what happened after he published his theories. Or books on other natural historians, or the development of the field. I've got a few things to read already, but knowing the internets, it's entirely possible that somebody reading this post has a random love for the topic of nineteenth-century natural history, and knows exactly what I ought to be reading to understand it. If that's you -- or if it isn't, but you know a couple of things you'd recommend -- speak up in the comments.
If you're not familiar with this topic at all, stay tuned; there will be other requests to come.
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Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist by Adrian Desmond and James Moore is also a really interesting read. This one goes into quite a bit of detail about the context behind Darwin's work and expeditions. It's a long book (700ish pages) but it's really worth it. Darwin's voyages on the Beagle are well described... so it might be worth checking out just for that.
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