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Beagle Expedition (1831-1836) Juvenile literature Darwin, Charles 1809-1882 Darwin, Charles 1809-1882 Juvenile literature Evolution (Biology) Natural history Naturalists Naturalists England Biography Naturalists England Biography Juvenile literature Naturalists Great Britain Biography Voyages around the world Juvenile literatureCosta, James T.
Summary: "James T. Costa takes readers on a journey from Darwin's childhood through his voyage on the HMS Beagle where his ideas on evolution began. We then follow Darwin to Down House, his bustling home of forty years, where he kept porcupine quills at his desk to dissect barnacles, maintained a flock of sixteen pigeon breeds in the dovecote, and cultivated climbing plants in the study, and to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DARWIN, CHARLES COSPreston, Diana
Summary: "When twenty-two-year-old aspiring geologist Charles Darwin boarded the HMS Beagle in 1831 with his microscopes and specimen bottles-invited by ship's captain Robert FitzRoy who wanted a travel companion at least as much as a ship's naturalist-he hardly thought he was embarking on what would become perhaps the most important and epoch-changing voyage in scientific history. Nonetheless, over the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.092 PRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.092 PRECook, Diane.
Summary: A biography of the nineteenth-century English naturalist whose study trips, on which he documented the diversity of animal life, led him to develop theories about evolution and natural selection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest Publishers 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DARThermes, Jennifer
Summary: "This gorgeous picture book biography follows Charles Darwin's adventures in South America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 508 THEStott, Rebecca.
Summary: Tells the story of the collective discovery of evolution, arguing that the idea emerged over many centuries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.8 STOSís, Peter
Summary: Presents the life of the famous nineteenth-century naturalist using text from Darwin's writings and detailed drawings by Sis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DARJohnson, Paul
Summary: Johnson brings the gentleman-scientist and his times brilliantly into focus. From Darwin's birth into great fortune to his voyage aboard the Beagle, to the long-delayed publication of his masterpiece, Johnson delves into what made this Victorian gentleman into a visionary scientist--and into the tragic flaws that later led Darwin to support the burgeoning eugenics movement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 576.8 JOHNorman, Andrew
Summary: Looks at the life of Charles Darwin, and how the young man who liked to avoid controversy came to formulate one of the most controversial theories in history, with a focus on the years he spent developing his thinking on natural selection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Distribution Services 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DARWIN, CHARLES NORQuammen, David
Summary: Traces the twenty-one-year period between Charles Darwin's original idea about natural selection and the publication of "On the Origin of Species," in an account that offers insight into his experiences as a cautious naturalist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlas Books/Norton 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576 QUAMiller, Jonathan
Summary: Describes the life, ideas, and accomplishments of scientist Charles Darwin, and features humorous illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.82 MILRobinson, Andrew
Summary: The extraordinarily inventive Linus Pauling, twice winner of the Nobel Prize, was asked how he came to have so many good ideas. Pauling replied: "Well, I have a lot of ideas and throw away the bad ones." Where do ideas come from? And why do the best ideas sometimes strike in a flash of "sudden genius"? Andrew Robinson here offers a fascinating look at the genesis of creativity in science and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.35 ROBChaffin, Tom
Summary: "Charles Darwin--alongside Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein--ranks among the world's most famous scientists. In popular imagination, he peers at us from behind a bushy white Old Testament beard. This image of Darwin the Sage, however, crowds out the vital younger man whose curiosities, risk-taking, and travels aboard HMS Beagle would shape his later theories and served as the foundation of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.09 CHAAshby, Ruth.
Summary: Tells of Charles Darwin's journey around the world and the what he encountered on the journey that led to his scientific breakthrough.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB DARWIN ASHMontgomery, Heather L.
Summary: "A science educator honors children's curiosity and pockets full of "stuff" by introducing nine scientists who collected natural treasures when they were young. Collecting, sorting, and playing with shells, stones, and other objects taught these young people how to observe, classify, and discover"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MONWilson, A. N.
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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017