Cook, 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest Publishers 2003

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Browne, E. J. (E. Janet)

Summary: Darwin's foremost biographer, historian Janet Browne, delivers an accessible introduction to the book that permanently altered our understanding of what it is to be human. A sensation on its publication in 1859, The Origin of Species profoundly shocked Victorian readers by calling into question the belief in a Creator with its description of evolution through natural selection. And Darwin's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.82 BRO

Miller, Jonathan

Summary: Describes the life, ideas, and accomplishments of scientist Charles Darwin, and features humorous illustrations.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.82 MIL

Johnson, 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.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 576.8 JOH

Norman, 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Distribution Services 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DARWIN, CHARLES NOR

Quammen, 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlas Books/Norton 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576 QUA

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston 1980

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOL

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOLDEN, EDITH EDW

Summary: This episode interweaves the drama in key moments of Darwin's life with documentary sequences of current research, linking past to present and introducing major concepts of evolutionary theory. It explores why Darwin's "dangerous idea" might matter even more today than it did in his own time, and reveals how science might be used to explain the past and predict the future of life on earth.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2001

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Bayarri, Jordi

Summary: "Charles Darwin's scientific work transformed the way people think about life on Earth. From his childhood in England to his pivotal ocean voyages, he took every opportunity to study the natural world. And he helped shape a new understanding of how life forms change over time. This graphic biography highlights Darwin's youthful push to become a naturalist--against the wishes of his stern...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2020

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