Charles Darwin - Cyril Aydon
the naturalist who started a scientific revolution
KORTE INHOUD
A popular portrayal of the great naturalist Charles Darwin.
Thanks to his family's wealthand forbearance Dr Darwin's gifted son could devote all his time to a passionate curiosity about the natural world. No one could have made better use of such advantages, and the young man's physical and intellectual excitement on the 'Beagle voyage' comes freshly alive in this new biography, as do the years of painstaking work that followed that mind-altering experience. Darwin made major contributions to the study of geology, virtually invented the science of ecology, and his two major publications - 'The Origin of Species' and 'The Descent of Man - changed for ever our view of life on earth and man's place in the natural order.
Cyril Aydon's account combines historical accuracy with a lucid overview of natural science. He explains what 'The Origin of Species' was about, and offers a ringside seat at the splendid row that followed its publication. In an extended postscript, the author follows the changing fortunes of Darwi...
Thanks to his family's wealthand forbearance Dr Darwin's gifted son could devote all his time to a passionate curiosity about the natural world. No one could have made better use of such advantages, and the young man's physical and intellectual excitement on the 'Beagle voyage' comes freshly alive in this new biography, as do the years of painstaking work that followed that mind-altering experience. Darwin made major contributions to the study of geology, virtually invented the science of ecology, and his two major publications - 'The Origin of Species' and 'The Descent of Man - changed for ever our view of life on earth and man's place in the natural order.
Cyril Aydon's account combines historical accuracy with a lucid overview of natural science. He explains what 'The Origin of Species' was about, and offers a ringside seat at the splendid row that followed its publication. In an extended postscript, the author follows the changing fortunes of Darwi...
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