The Quotable Darwin
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (797 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691169357 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Through Darwin's own words, we learn how the aspiring naturalist matured with experience into the scientist whose revolutionary theory on evolution has been described as the greatest intellectual contribution to the nineteenth century. Grant, coauthor of 40 Years of Evolution: Darwin's Finches on Daphne Major Island"An enlightening and entertaining collection of Darwin's thinking on a wonderful diversity of topics, personal and scientific. Even readers who already know him well will discover something new and delightful here."--Jonathan Weiner, author of the Pulitzer Prize--winning The Beak of the Finch"Nobody knows Darwin as Janet Browne does. Her intimate familiarity with the subject shows here in an abundance of well-chosen quotations. The portrait is vivid and truthful."--Pe
Featuring hundreds of quotations carefully selected by world-renowned Darwin biographer Janet Browne, The Quotable Darwin draws from Darwin’s writings, letters to friends and family, autobiographical reminiscences, and private scientific notebooks. It offers a multifaceted portrait that takes readers through his youth, the famous voyage of the Beagle, the development of his thoughts about evolution, his gradual loss of religious faith, and the time spent turning his ideas into a well-articulated theory about the natural origin of all living
She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her books include the acclaimed two-volume biography of Darwin, Charles Darwin: Voyaging and Charles Darwin: The Power of Place (both Princeton). . Janet Browne is the Aramont Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University