The sociable sciences Darwin and his contemporaries in Chile / [electronic resource] :

• 作者： Schell, Patience A. (Patience Alexandra), 1970-
• 其他題名：
  • Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology
• 出版： New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• 版本：1st ed.
• 叢書名： Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology
• 主題： Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. , Gay, Claudio, 1800-1873. , Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. , Gay, Claudio, 1800-1873. , Natural history--Chile. , Naturalists. , SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution , Electronic books.
• ISBN： 9781137286062 (electronic bk.) 、 1137286067 (electronic bk.)
• FIND@SFXID: CGU
• 資料類型: 電子書
• 內容註: Includes bibliographical references and index. Friendship, Science and Chilean Nature -- The Making of a Naturalist -- Chile and the Scientific Imagination -- Making Friends in Chile -- Darwin, Gay and the Utility of Chile -- The Prussian Connection -- A New Naturalist in Town -- Expanding the Web -- At the End of Their Days -- Epilogue: Reflections on the Life of a Fly Catcher.
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• 摘要註: Before genetics and the mapping of DNA, before ecology and global warming, adventurous and foolhardy souls were compelled into the wild because of their insatiable curiosity about the natural world. The work of these naturalists was intensely sociable: they explored together, dashed off irate letters to colleagues, haggled over specimens, commiserated over family tragedies, and extracted favors from one another. And no one better exemplified this than the European scientists who were drawn to Chile in the nineteenth century. This beautifully written history begins with a familiar pairing - Charles Darwin and Captain Robert Fitz-Roy aboard the Beagle - and goes on to trace the fortunes of colorful figures such as the happy-go-lucky Prussian adventurer Bernardo Philippi, who was murdered by indigenous people in the Strait of Magellan, and Claudio Gay, an amateur French botanist who became the father of the natural sciences in Chile. These Europeans taught Chileans a new way to see their own natural environment, teaching a younger generation of scientists there and forging international networks that helped to shape the modern world.
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