Darwin's ghosts : the secret history of evolution / Rebecca Stott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stott, Rebecca.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. On the origin of species.

Darwin, Charles.

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Sources.

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.

Evolution (Biology)--History.

Evolution (Biology).

History.

Scientists--Biography.

Scientists.

Naturalists--Biography.

Naturalists.

Genre:

Sources.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2012.

Summary:

Evolution was not discovered single-handedly, Rebecca Stott argues, contrary to what has become standard lore, but is an idea that emerged over many centuries, advanced by daring individuals across the globe who had the imagination to speculate on nature's extraordinary ways, and who had the courage to articulate such speculations at a time when to do so was often considered heresy.

Contents:

Darwin's list, Kent, 1859

Aristotle's Eyes, Lesbos, 344 BC

The Worshipful Curiosity of Jahiz, Basra and Baghdad, 850

Leonardo and the potter, Milan, 1493; Paris, 1570

Trembley's Polyp, The Hague, 1740

The Consul of Cairo, Cairo, 1708

The Hotel of the Philosophers, Paris, 1749

Erasmus underground, Derbyshire, 1767

The Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 1800

The Sponge Philosopher, Edinburgh, 1826

The Encyclopedist, Edinburgh, 1844

Alfred Wallace's fevered dreams, Malay Archipelago, 1858.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Scott fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781400069378 ;