Charles Darwin
Definitive, concise, and very interesting... From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
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Charles Darwin
Definitive, concise, and very interesting... From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
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Definitive, concise, and very interesting... From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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ISBN-13: 9780191647482
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 04/23/2007
Series: Very Interesting People
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 2 MB

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • 1: Upbringing and education
  • 2: The Beagle voyage, 1831-1836
  • 3: Theorizing in London, 1836-1842
  • 4: Parish naturalist, 1842-1856
  • 5: The Origin of Species
  • 6: The rise of Darwinism
  • 7: Botany and belief, 1861-1882
  • 8: Darwin's legacy
  • Sources
  • Index
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