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Reluctant Mr. Darwin
David Quammen
其他書名
An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution
出版DIANE Publishing Company, 2008-10
主題Biography & Autobiography / Science & TechnologyBiography & Autobiography / Environmentalists & NaturalistsScience / Life Sciences / Evolution
ISBN14379520549781437952056
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=d8qKOAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Nearly 150 years after publishing his theory of evolution, Charles Darwin remains not only central to biology and medicine but also deeply controversial. Darwin still receives much of the credit, and the blame, for what science understands about the evolutionary process and what society thinks we should -- or shouldn¿t -- teach about that process in our schools. David Quammen has created a meticulous, humane portrait of the man, and a lucid explication of his work, that captures both the personal foibles and the scientific substance. It¿s an intimate view of a great scientist -- taking readers behind the veil of Darwin¿s greatness and his fame, following him closely through the joys, struggles, and sorrows of his quiet but extraordinarily consequential life.