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Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep

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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…

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  • … He had begun a systematic study of plant movement in 1877, concentrating on the motion of leaves in …
  • … Geological Record”’ ( letter from Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvár, 28 April 1878 ). ‘What a …
  • … sketch of an infant’ had been translated into Greek. Theodor von Heldreich wrote from Athens on 8 …
  • … the German Association of Naturalists in September 1877, Darwin’s outspoken supporter Ernst Haeckel …
  • … as if they had been school-boys’ ( letter to Karl von Scherzer, 1 April 1878 ). More …