About this title: Drawing from Charles Darwins secret "transmutation" notebooks and his personal letters, acclaimed science journalist Quammen has sketched a vivid life portrait of the man whose work never ceases to be controversial.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Atlas
Date Published: 7/17/2007
ISBN-13:9780393329957ISBN:039332995X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Atlas
Date Published: 2007-07-17
ISBN-13:9780393329957ISBN:039332995X
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Edition: First edition. 1st printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780393059816ISBN:0393059812
Description: New in new dust jacket. bright shiny brand new condition, Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Great Discoveries (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 2007-07-01
ISBN-13:9780393329957ISBN:039332995X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Atlas
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780393329957ISBN:039332995X
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Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton, New York
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780393059816ISBN:0393059812
Description: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 0393059812. Portrait of the famed Chas Darwin, in a sharp copy. In black & tan paperboard covers w/bright gilt lettering, spine. Interior clean and tight; has full number line on publisher's page. DJ slightly wrinkled at edges, has orig $22.95 flap price intact and in removable mylar protector.; Great Discoveries; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 192 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780393059816ISBN:0393059812
Description: New in new dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Great Discoveries (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. Title: The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evoolution Author: Quammen, David, Professor, Condition: New dopy in New dust jacket, NO marks Glued binding. Paper over boards. 304 p. read more
Description: New in New jacket. pp. 304. 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 shouldnít--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 ... read more
I had this book for dessert, but recommend it as an appetizer. Maybe I'm not the right person to review this book: I'm already a bit of a Darwinhead, have already read Origin and at least one biography. I didn't read this to get something new, it was more for enjoyment. And enjoy I did. Quammen has distilled the complexity of Darwin's life but has preserved its richness."
"Listened to this book on a car trip with Jim. We both found it fascinating. Darwin, the man, is surprisingly sympathetic and warm. The story of his slow, careful rolling out of his discoveries with little attachment to credit and fame is also surprising."
"Anyone who's interested in how religious doctrine imposes control on free thinking needs to learn how Darwin almost let his discovery of the theory of evolution remain unpublished (for almost 20 years) because he was afraid it would embarrass his devout wife and alienate him from polite society. Only when the uneducated young collector of exotic fauna started noticing patterns of variation between his specimens and wrote a scholarly article about it, did Darwin hurry forth to claim credit. And the theory --perhaps the most logical and easily understood of biological science, so long as one isn't bound by faith to factor in an intelligent designer, is still under assault! If only the genes for common sense conferred more reproductive advantage. Everyone who is interested in free thought and pursuit of truth should know this story."
"I liked learning about the person of Darwin; I've never read anything about him before. So in that sense, the book was good, but I don't really care for books written by journalists (including and especially Thomas Friedman): especially histories or biographies. This one was par for the course. The author seemed to delight in, and relish telling about, Darwin's loss of faith as his theories about transmutation solidified--I found that kind of annoying."
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