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The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin And the Making of His Theory of Evolution (Great Discoveries) - Hardcover

Buch 6 von 12: Great Discoveries

Quammen, David

 
9780393059816: The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin And the Making of His Theory of Evolution (Great Discoveries)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0393059812 ISBN 13: 9780393059816
Verlag: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

A fresh look at Darwin's most radical idea, and the mysteriously slow process by which he revealed it.

Evolution, during the early nineteenth century, was an idea in the air. Other thinkers had suggested it, but no one had proposed a cogent explanation for how evolution occurs. Then, in September 1838, a young Englishman named Charles Darwin hit upon the idea that "natural selection" among competing individuals would lead to wondrous adaptations and species diversity. Twenty-one years passed between that epiphany and publication of On the Origin of Species. The human drama and scientific basis of Darwin's twenty-one-year delay constitute a fascinating, tangled tale that elucidates the character of a cautious naturalist who initiated an intellectual revolution.

The Reluctant Mr. Darwin is a book for everyone who has ever wondered about who this man was and what he said. Drawing from Darwin's secret "transmutation" notebooks and his personal letters, David Quammen has sketched a vivid life portrait of the man whose work never ceases to be controversial.

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Verlag
W W Norton & Co Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0393059812
ISBN 13 
9780393059816
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
304
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