The definitive biography of Charles Darwin鈥攏ow in one abridged and fully updated volume
Based on the two-volume National Book Critics Circle Award鈥搘inning biography hailed as 鈥渢he definitive Darwin biography鈥� (Newsday) 鈥� 鈥渁 wonderful and well-rounded portrait鈥�...
For readers interested in the development of major scientific concepts and the role of science in the western world, here is the first conceptually organized historical dictionary of scientific thought. The purpose of the dictionary is...
In 1858, Charles Darwin was forty-nine years old, a gentleman scientist living quietly at Down House in the Kent countryside. He was not yet a focus of debate; his "big book on species" still lay on his desk as a manuscript. For more...
Charles Darwin: VoyagingJanet BrowneFew lives of great men offer so much interest鈥攁nd so many mysteries鈥攁s the life of Charles Darwin, the greatest figure of nineteenth-century science, whose ideas are still inspiring discoveries and controversies more than a hundred...Read MoreView Book
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A new biography of Darwin This idea for this book began with a simple question: Why do so many modern biologists have a picture of Charles Darwin hanging in their laboratories?Read More
