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Charles Darwin : And the Evolution Revolution.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford Portraits in Science SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1996Copyright date: ©1996Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (129 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780198025078
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Charles DarwinDDC classification:
  • 575/.0092 B
LOC classification:
  • QH31.D2 .S744 1996
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Starting Points -- Chapter 2. The Restless Searcher -- Sidebar: Extinction: The Great Dyings -- Chapter 3. The Voyage of the Beagle -- Sidebar: What is a Species? -- Chapter 4. The Birth of a Theory -- Chapter 5. A "Devil's Chaplain" -- Sidebar: Science Challenges Darwin -- Chapter 6. Darwin's Legacy -- Sidebar: Mendelian Genetics -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Summary: On the Origin of Species, published in 1858, transformed our view of the world and made Charles Darwin one of the most controversial figures in science. This biography begins much earlier with his long search for a profession, his five-year voyage around the world on the Beagle, and the decades-long intellectual journey he made in his study and garden.
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Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Starting Points -- Chapter 2. The Restless Searcher -- Sidebar: Extinction: The Great Dyings -- Chapter 3. The Voyage of the Beagle -- Sidebar: What is a Species? -- Chapter 4. The Birth of a Theory -- Chapter 5. A "Devil's Chaplain" -- Sidebar: Science Challenges Darwin -- Chapter 6. Darwin's Legacy -- Sidebar: Mendelian Genetics -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

On the Origin of Species, published in 1858, transformed our view of the world and made Charles Darwin one of the most controversial figures in science. This biography begins much earlier with his long search for a profession, his five-year voyage around the world on the Beagle, and the decades-long intellectual journey he made in his study and garden.

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