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Charles Darwin and the evolution revolution / Rebecca Stefoff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stefoff, Rebecca, 1951- author.
- Series:
- Oxford portraits in science.
- Oxford portraits in science
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
- Darwin, Charles.
- Naturalists--England--Biography.
- Naturalists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (126 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, [1996]
- Summary:
- Examines the personality as well as the thought process which led this naturalist to his discoveries which have helped shape our understanding of the natural world.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Starting Points
- Chapter 2. The Restless Searcher
- Sidebar: Extinction: The Great Dyings
- Chapter 3. The Voyage of the Beagle
- Sidebar: What is a Species?
- Chapter 4. The Birth of a Theory
- Chapter 5. A "Devil's Chaplain"
- Sidebar: Science Challenges Darwin
- Chapter 6. Darwin's Legacy
- Sidebar: Mendelian Genetics
- Chronology
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- J
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-802507-6
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