Charles Darwin: A New Life “A vivid and engrossing account of Darwin’s inner life and his search for the laws of life..” Geoffrey Cowley, New York Times Book Review Describes Darwin's
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| Title | : | Charles Darwin: A New Life |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.81 (916 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393309304 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 1992-10-17 |
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Editorial : From the Back Cover 'A vivid and engrossing account of Darwin's inner life and his search for the laws of life. We feel the durable texture of his friendships and family attachments, and we witness the slow, painful genesis of ideas that are still transforming the world.'-Geoffrey Cowley, New York Times Book Review
“A vivid and engrossing account of Darwin’s inner life and his search for the laws of life. We feel the durable texture of his friendships and family attachments, and we witness the slow, painful genesis of ideas that are still transforming the world.” Geoffrey Cowley, New York Times Book Review Describes Darwin's work as a naturalist, and presents an intimate portrait of him as a son, brother, father, and husband.
It's a matter of deciding what's best and making it happen, rather than making the best of what's happened already. The author of "Cogito Ergo Sum," however, fails entirely.
In Wilson's effort - a very thin volume for a book purporting to be a biography of a major intellectual figure - we read almost as much about Wilson and his wife touring locations in Europe as we do about Descartes. In Darwin's case this is not a difficult sell. His story is the kind that I wish were retold over and over again on the evening news. I originally ordered this book because it was required for my grad school class. A most interesting aspect of this book is how evolution unknowingly affected Darwin's behavior as he himself is formulating and writing his famous theories on evolution. This is truly a dreadful book.
The author attempts to do something loosely along the lines of Samuel Eliot Morison's "Admiral of the Ocean Sea," a fascinating, though dated, book that combines Morison's
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