Darwin's Audubon: Science And The Liberal Imagination

Darwin's Audubon: Science And The Liberal Imagination image
ISBN-10:

0738205974

ISBN-13:

9780738205977

Author(s): Gerald Weissmann
Edition: First Edition
Released: Jan 15, 2002
Publisher: Basic Books
Format: Paperback, 354 pages
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Description:

In this retrospective of Gerald Weissmann's best-known essays, the reader is treated to his unique perspective on what C. P. Snow once dubbed "the Two Cultures"-art and science. In Darwin's Audubon, Weissmann examines the powerful influence that the two exert over one another and how they have helped each other evolve. From listening to the scientists who gather ever year to sing at the Woods Hole Cantata Consort to looking at the influence of Audubon's watercolors on Darwin's On the Origin of Species; from comparing William Carlos Williams's poetry to his unedited case books to watching Oliver Wendell Holmes grow as doctor and as poet, Weissmann weaves a rich tapestry that will delight fans and newcomers alike.












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