Charles Darwin : Victorian mythmaker
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Charles Darwin : Victorian mythmaker
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ISBN:
9780062433497
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Physical Description:
438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
General Note:
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2017 by John Murray (Publishers), an Hachette UK Company."--Title page verso.
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 the flesh of their wives -- An essay by Mr. Wallace -- A poker and a rabbit -- Is it true? -- The Oxford Debate and its aftermath -- Adios, theory -- Immense generalizations -- Evolution old and new -- Mutual aid.
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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