Charles Darwin (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Janet Browne
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Work: Biography
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography, Science and technology
- Subjects: Family or family life, Traveling or travelers, Nature, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Science or scientists, Religion, Genius, Ethnic relations, England or English people, Upper classes, Letter writing, Sick persons, Fame, Genetics, Great Britain, Intellect, Heredity, Experiments, Naturalists, Agnosticism, Victorian era or Victorianism, Evolution, Biology or biologists, Life sciences
- Locales: England, South America, Pacific Islands
Janet Browne’s CHARLES DARWIN: VOYAGING joins a growing list of scholarly life studies of the most controversial and influential figure in nineteenth century science. Concentrating on the person behind the legend, Browne tries to explain how this retiring, gentrified naturalist came to be the most influential figure of his age. The bulk of this book describes Darwin’s adventures aboard H.M.S. BEAGLE, whose five-year cruise carried him to remote regions of South America and the Pacific islands. Using a wide variety of primary sources, Browne re-creates the journey step-by-step,...
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