Conclusion. Lyell, Darwin, and authorship. Darwin's opportunity ; An amphibious being ; Studying dry land with a maritime perspective ; The making of a eureka moment ; The surveyor-naturalist -- Part II. Training in theory. Lyell claims Darwin as a student ; Darwin's audacity, Lyell's choreography ; Burned by success -- Part III. A different approach to authorship. The life of a tormented geologist (and enthusiastic evolutionist) ; A finished task : Darwin's treatise on coral reefs -- Part IV. Writing the Origin with his "fingers burned". Atoning for the sin of speculation ; Conclusion. Lyell, Darwin, and authorship.
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