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The second volume of Browne's magisterial biography of Charles Darwin triumphantly fulfills expectations as it continues and rounds out Darwin's life. of photos.
Traces the life of the great British scientist, describes his travels as a naturalist, and traces the development of his theories.
Traces the life of the great British scientist, describes his travels as a naturalist, and traces the development of his theories.
Traces the life of the great British scientist, describes his travels as a naturalist, and traces the development of his theories.
[This book covers the] events that finally forced the "Origin of Species" into print. [Darwin] suddenly found himself and his ideas being disucssed -- and often attacked -- in circles far beyond those of his familiar scientific community. Demonized by some, defended by others ..…
Traces the life of the great British scientist, describes his travels as a naturalist, and traces the development of his theories.
In 1858 Charles Darwin was forty-nine years old, a gentleman scientist living quietly at Down House in the Kent countryside, respected by fellow biologists and well liked among his wide and distinguished circle of acquaintances. He was not yet a focus of debate; his "big book on…
The centerpiece of this vivid portrait of Darwin is an account of his five-year expedition on the Beagle (1831-36), which transformed a seasick, Cambridge-educated science apprentice into a keen observer of nature and amateur geologist. Drawing on a wealth of new material from f…
The second volume of Browne's magisterial biography of Charles Darwin triumphantly fulfills expectations as it continues and rounds out Darwin's life.
"Few lives of great men offer so much interest--and so many mysteries--as the life of Charles Darwin, the greatest figure of nineteenth-century science, whose ideas are still inspiring discoveries and controversies more than a hundred years after his death. Yet only now, with th…