Richard Keynes (1919–2010)
Auteur de Fossils, Finches, and Fuegians: Darwin's Adventures and Discoveries on the Beagle
A propos de l'auteur
Richard Darwin Keynes is Former Professor of Physiology at Cambridge University.
Crédit image: Guardian
Œuvres de Richard Keynes
Fossils, Finches, and Fuegians: Darwin's Adventures and Discoveries on the Beagle (2002) 119 exemplaires
Lydia and Maynard: The Letters of Lydia Lopokova and John Maynard Keynes (1989) — Directeur de publication — 29 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
Charles Darwin's Notebooks from the Voyage of the Beagle (2009) — Avant-propos, quelques éditions — 6 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Keynes, Richard Darwin
- Date de naissance
- 1919-08-14
- Date de décès
- 2010-06-12
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Études
- University of Cambridge (Trinity College)
Oundle School - Professions
- physiologist
professor - Relations
- Keynes, Geoffrey (father)
Darwin, Charles (great-grandfather)
Darwin, George Howard (grandfather)
Darwin, Charles Galton (uncle)
Raverat, Gwen (aunt)
Keynes, Quentin (brother) (tout afficher 11)
Keynes, John Neville (grandfather)
Keynes, John Maynard (uncle)
Keynes, Milo (brother)
Keynes, Randal (son)
Keynes, Simon (son) - Organisations
- University of Cambridge
Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galápagos Islands
Galápagos Conservation Trust - Prix et distinctions
- Royal Society (Fellow, 1959)
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1984)
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 3
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 163
- Popularité
- #129,735
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 13
- Langues
- 2
Keynes gets much of the detail from the various journals of Darwin and others on the Beagle and brings the narrative together in a useful manner. The style is low-key, with no attempt to extract some startling new inference from the record. Indeed, he makes sure to debunk some over-excited frothings of previous writers.
HHardly a page-turner, but well done. Read Jan 2013.… (plus d'informations)