Darwin s Armada Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution

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Darwin s Armada  Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution
Author : Iain McCalman
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Language : English
Release Date : 15 November 2010
ISBN : 9780393071290
Pages : 432 pages
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"Sparkling…an extraordinary true-adventure story, complete with trials, tribulations and moments of exultation." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review Award-winning cultural historian Iain McCalman tells the stories of Charles Darwin and his staunchest supporters: Joseph Hooker, Thomas Huxley, and Alfred Wallace. Beginning with the somber morning of April 26, 1882—the day of Darwin's funeral—Darwin's Armada steps back and recounts the lives and scientific discoveries of each of these explorers, who campaigned passionately in the war of ideas over evolution and advanced the scope of Darwin's work.

Darwin s Armada  Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution

"Sparkling…an extraordinary true-adventure story, complete with trials, tribulations and moments of exultation." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review Award-winning cultural historian Iain McCalman tells the stories of Charles Darwin and his staunchest supporters: Joseph Hooker, Thomas Huxley, and Alfred Wallace. Beginning with the somber morning of April 26, 1882—the day of Darwin's

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