Darwin's sciences : how Charles Darwin voyaged from rocks to worms in his search for facts to explain how the earth, its geological features, and its inhabitants evolved
Duncan M. Porter (Author), Peter W. Graham (Author)
A complete scientific biography of Darwin that takes into account the latest research findings, both published and unpublished, on the life of this remarkable man. Considered the first book to thoroughly emphasize Darwin's research in various fields of endeavor, what he did, why he did it, and its implications for his time and ours. Rather than following a strictly chronological approach - a narrative choice that characteristically offers an ascent to On the Origin of Species (1859) with a rapid decline in interest following its publication and reception - this book stresses the diversity a
eBook, English, 2016
John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Chichester, West Sussex, 2016
Biography
1 online resource (xii, 249 pages .)
9781119045786, 9781119045731, 1119045789, 1119045738
919479139
Darwin the geologist
Darwin the zoologist
Darwin the botanist
Darwin the social scientist
Coda : Darwin, worms, and the world