Darwin : portrait of a genius / Paul Johnson.
By: Johnson, Paul.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Viking, 2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 164 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780670025718; 0670025712.Subject(s): Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Naturalists -- England -- BiographyDDC classification: 576.8/2092 | BItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 576.82092 D259j 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003709334 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
A heritage of genius, and its shadow -- Education and self-education of a scientist -- The loss of God -- The making of a masterpiece -- Among the apes and angels -- How the great botanist missed an opportunity -- Evils of social Darwinism -- Triumph and reversal of natural selection.
Follows Darwin from birth into great fortune. to his voyage aboard the Beagle, to the long-delayed publication of his masterpiece. The author delves into what made this Victorian gentleman into a visionary scientist and into the tragic flaws that later led Darwin to support the eugenics movement.
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