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Charles Darwin: The Scholar who changed Human History (New Horizons)
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Charles Darwin (1809-82) changed forever the way we understand ourselves and our place in the world. In 1831, at the age of 22, he sailed aboard the HMS Beagle to South America to study local flora, fauna and geography. In th isolated Galapagos Islands he discovered the unique species and fossils that led to his theory of natural selection and eventually to his book On the Origin of Species (1859). This celebrated volume laid the foundation for modern evolutionary scienced and sparked an impassioned debate on the origins of manking that pitted secular science against traditional religious dogma. In 1871, already embroiled in controversy, he published The Descent of Man, which demonstrated the shared biological ancestry of the human race and apes. Once again, Darwin's heretical ideas contradicted the religious tradition that distinguished between human beings and animals and created a firestorm of criticism and praise. Part biography, part history of science, part social documentary, this book takes readers along on Darwin's fantastic voyages of discovery.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #460289 in Books
- Published on: 2001-08-28
- Original language: French
- Binding: Paperback
- 160 pages
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About the Author
Patrick Tort is the founder and director of the International Charles Darwin Institute. The author of over thirty books on related topics, he was awarded the Philip Morris Prize in the history of science for his collected works.
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You can't ask for more in a book of this size
I have read several books about Darwin, about evolution and natural selection and several books written by Darwin, but this is a little treasure, with very good text and lots of images I've never seen before (a photograph of Darwin riding a horse!, photographs of Hooker, Huxley, Lyell, Darwin's children and many other interesting pictures). Most of the text is a biography, explaining the theory of natural selection and the evidence for evolution. It has also a selection of short texts by Wilberforce, Haeckel, Huxley, Hooker, Asa Gray, the Scopes monkey trial ... What more can you ask for in 160 pages? I think is interesting both for people not familiar with the subject and for anyone interested in Darwin and evolution.
