Charles Darwin Voyaging Voume 1 of a Biography

Browne, Janet

ISBN 10: 0224042025 / ISBN 13: 9780224042024

Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1995

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Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 605 pages. Seller Inventory # 319937

Bibliographic Details

Title: Charles Darwin Voyaging Voume 1 of a ...

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hardback

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition.

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Synopsis:

Few lives of great men offer so much interest - and so many mysteries-as the life of Charles Darwin. Many books have been devoted to various aspects of his theories, his personality, even his inexplicable ill-health. Now, in this truly magisterial biography, Janet Browne brings Darwin to us whole. With great subtlety and understanding, using a range of materials and subject matter she is uniquely qualified to deploy, she enables us to see Darwin and the world of 19th century science with fascinating clarity. This volume, the first of two, takes him from childhood and university through the BEAGLE voyage, which shaped him as a scientist, and the years of experiment and thought leading up to his difficult decision to publish THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES.

Synopsis:

This volume, the first of two, covers Charles Darwin's life from childhood and university, through the Beagle voyage which shaped him as a scientist, and the years of experiment and thought leading up to his difficult decision to publish "Origin of the Species".