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Charles Darwin : Victorian Mythmaker

text Charles Darwin : Victorian Mythmaker

Summary

A radical reappraisal of Darwin argues that the evolution pioneer was less of an original scientific intellect than a ruthless self-promoter who did not give credit to the actual sages whose ideas he advanced in his history-shaping book.

Contents
A symbol -- The old hat -- What he owed to Edinburgh -- Cambridge: Charles Darwin, Gent -- The voyage of the Beagle -- 'Blackbirds... gross-beaks... wren' -- The ladder by which you mounted -- Lost in the vicinity of Bloomsbury -- Half-embedded in... Read more
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Description
438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017

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East Bay Branch Library 921 DAR in Adult Non-fiction Available
Woodmere (Main Branch) 921 DARWIN, CHARLES WIL in Adult Non-fiction Available

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