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Author:

Quammen, David, 1948-

Title:

The reluctant Mr. Darwin : an intimate portrait of Charles Darwin and the making of his theory of evolution / David Quammen.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Atlas Books/Norton,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

304 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Darwin, Charles,--1809-1882.
Natural selection.
Naturalists--England--Biography.
Evolutietheorie.
Natuurlijke selectie.
Darwin, Charles,--1809-1882.
Selection, Genetic--England--Biography.
History, 19th Century--England--Biography.
Science--history--England--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-283) and index.

Contents:

Index. The fabric falls : 1837-1839 -- The kiwi's egg : 1842-1844 -- Point of attachment : 1846-1851 -- A duck for Mr. Darwin : 1848-1857 -- His abominable volume : 1858-1859 -- The fittest idea : 1860 to the future -- The last beetle : 1876-1882 -- Source notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Summary:

Traces the twenty-one-year period between Charles Darwin's original idea about natural selection and the publication of "On the Origin of Species," in an account that offers insight into his experiences as a cautious naturalist.

Series:

Great discoveries

ISBN:

9780393059816 (hardcover)
0393059812 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)65400177

LCCN:

2006009864

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