The Quotable Darwin
by Janet Browne
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- 0691169357
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- 9780691169354
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Princeton University Press, 2018. Hardcover. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2018 Princeton University Press hardcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking.
A treasure trove of illuminating and entertaining quotations from the legendary naturalist
Here is Charles Darwin in his own words--the naturalist, traveler, scientific thinker, and controversial author of On the Origin of Species, the book that shook the Victorian world. 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 beings--a theory that dangerously included the origin of humans. The Quotable Darwin also includes many of the key responses to Darwin's ideas from figures across the social spectrum, scientists and nonscientists alike--and criticism too. We see Darwin as an innovative botanist and geologist, an affectionate husband and father, and a lively correspondent who once told his cousin that he liked to play billiards because "it drives the horrid species out of my head." This book gives us an intimate look at Darwin at work, at home, as a public figure, and on his travels. Complete with a chronology of Darwin's life by Browne, The Quotable Darwin provides an engagingly fresh perspective on a remarkable man who was always thinking deeply about the natural world. .Reviews
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- Title
- The Quotable Darwin
- Author
- Janet Browne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
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- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0691169357
- ISBN 13
- 9780691169354
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Date Published
- 2018
- Keywords
- Evolution, Origin of Species, Quotations, Darwin, Evolution, Anthropology, Science, History
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- Anthropology;
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