『Charles Darwin, Geologist』

目

Sandra Herbert

（2005年刊行，Cornell University Press，ISBN:0801443482）


【目次】
List of Illustrations xi
Preface xv

1. “I a geologist” 1

Youth 1
Politics 5
Scientific Exploration 8
Signposts to a Career 28

2. Geology 48

A Field of Research 48
The Beagle's Library 50
The Geological Society of London 71
Darwin's Place 90

3. Specimens 97

Darwin as Collector 97
Identifying the Specimens 105
Housing the Specimens 113
Using the Specimens to Interpret Geology 115

4. The Romantic Thread 129

Darwin's First Book 129
Nature as Experience 132
Geology as Spectacle 137

5. A Prospective Author 140

The Appeal of Authorship 140
Establishing Methods in the Cape Verde Islands 143
“Reflection on reading my Geological notes” 158
“Elevation of Patagonia” 160
“Recapitulation and concluding remarks” 166
“Coral Islands” 168
“Cleavage” 171
Notebooks 173
Becoming an Author 176

6. Negotiating Genesis and Geology 179

Diluvialism 179
Darwin and the Diluvium 185

7. Toward Simplicity 197

Elevation and Subsidence 197
The Ideal of Simplicity 198
The Brackened Subject of Origins: The Nebular Hypothesis 201
Meteorites 205
The Figure of the Earth 206
A Role for the British Association for the Advancement of Science? 216
Elevation: Coastlines, Mountains, and Continents 217
Subsidence: On the evidence from Coral Reefs 232
Darwin's Relationship to Lyell 240

8. Simplicity Challenged 245

Glaciers 245
Darwin's 1837 Manuscript 250
Darwin's 1838 Manuscript 254
Darwin's 1837 - 1842 Research in Shropshire, Scotland, and Wales 257
The Effect of the Glacial Theory on Darwin's Ideal of a “Simple” Geology 284

9. Geology and Species 295

The Legacy of a Book 295
Darwin's Formulations of the Species Question during the Beagle Voyage 297

10. Geology and the Origin of Species 319

“In former case position, in latter time” 320
Darwin's Pathway, 1837-1859 325
The Geological Record 326
Descent 328
Classification and Divergence 335
The Primacy of Geology 341
The Origin of Variability 345
The Rate of Change for Species 346
“On the Lapse of Time” 349

Conclusion 355

List of Abbreviations 359
Symbols Used in the Transciptions of Darwin's Notebooks 360
Notes 361
Bibliography 441
Index 473