Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

Randal Keynes, Darwin's great-great-grandson and the current guardian of Annie's box, conjures up a world in which great thinkers - including Carlyle, Babbage and George Eliot - were struggling with ideas that were to shake mankind to its core.

This volume provides the reader with clear, lively and balanced introductions to the most recent scholarship on Darwin and his intellectual legacies.

This book looks at key moments in Charles Darwin's life and at the relevant aspects of the intellectual climate of his time which, taken together, would lead him towards the theory of evolution. The book goes on to consider how evolution has developed and how its opponents have responded.

'Charles Darwin' is much more than the account of a charming, shy, rich naturalist who lived in the reign of Queen Victoria and had many remarkable insights. It is, in part, the story of the intellectual life of the West over the last two centuries. Darwin was himself the product of his times, an...

This is the story of a barnacle found in South America during Darwin's voyage of the Beagle. It tells of how genius sometimes proceeds through indirection - and how one small creature contributed to history's most spectacular scientific breakthrough.

The definitive book on Darwin's life and work for the 200th anniversary of his birth and the 150th anniversary of 'The Origin of Species'.

At a number of key points in his life, Charles Darwin made a choice, or others made a choice, or circumstances occurred, that profoundly influenced the path that he took. There is a school of thought that although Darwin came to the right conclusions, he did not actually follow the right path in ...

Everyone knows something of Charles Darwin and his work 'On the Origin of Species', but most know little of the man - who he was, how he thought and how he formulated his theory of natural selection. This text not only gives an explanation of Darwin's work, but presents an intimate view of a grea...

Have you ever wondered what Charles Darwin would have had on his iPod? Or exactly how Cartman from South Park fits into the Theory of Evolution? 'The Rough Guide to Evolution' delves into all of this and more, from the life and works of the eminent scientist to the impact of evolutionary thinking...

James Taylor brings together a range of topics on the great voyages of discovery made by the Beagle. They include the career history of the vessel, including designs and plans, biographies on Darwin and Captain Robert Fitzroy and the work of the various artists who accompanied the voyages.